The main theories on population aging based on recent data on human longevity, life
expectancy, morbidity changes, disability trends, and mortality decrease are presented and …

Background Over the last 2 decades, virtual reality technologies (VRTs) have been
proposed as a way to enhance and improve smoking cessation therapy. Objective This …

Objectives. This study determined the life extension obtained from stop** smoking at
various ages. Methods. We estimated the relation between smoking and mortality among …

Which behaviour patterns are detrimental to health? Why do people engage in such
behaviour, even if they know about its negative effects? How can people be influenced to …

Background Physical inactivity is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
However, little is known about the effects of physical activity on life expectancy with and …

Background Diabetes mellitus is a recognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD)
and mortality. However, limited information exists on the association of diabetes with life …

Health expectancies were developed to address the important question of whether or not we
are exchanging longer life for poorer health-replacing quality by quantity. Health …

Context: Good health is the most important outcome of health care, and healthy life
expectancy (HLE), an intuitive and meaningful summary measure combining the length and …

Background Discussions on raising pension eligibility age focus more on improvement in life
expectancy (LE) and health expectancy measures than on socioeconomic differences in …

Background. The consequences of diseases in later life have been judged predominantly
through mortality, resulting in an emphasis on the fatal rather than the nonfatal disabling …