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September 17, 2018

Shifting focus from life extension to ‘healthspan’ extension

Disparities in longevity should be addressed

Jay Olshansky

April 19, 2018

Is living well to 100 possible?

Longevity and increasing the ‘healthspan’

Elderly woman and an hourglass

October 15, 2013

Research to delay aging better investment than fighting disease

Put resources toward longevity, instead of fighting disease, study says.

Jay Olshansky

October 7, 2013

Research to delay aging better investment than cancer, heart disease

Scientists suggest more benefit than studying cancer, heart disease

Jay Olshansky

August 8, 2012

More education equals longer life

Despite advances in health care and increases in life expectancy overall, Americans with less than a high school education have life expectancies similar to adults in the 1950s and 1960s, a new report finds.

August 6, 2012

More Education, Socioeconomic Benefits Equals Longer Life

Despite advances in health care and increases in life expectancy overall, Americans with less than a high school education have life expectancies similar to adults in the 1950s and 1960s.

January 31, 2012

UIC Demographer Writes on Aging for World Economic Forum

Noted University of Illinois at Chicago biodemographer S. Jay Olshansky is the author of two essays assembled by The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on an Ageing Society to address the challenges and benefits of population aging.