A 2012 study suggests that a 40-year-old with stage 3a CKD has an average life expectancy of 24.5 years, while a person of the same age with stage 3b CKD has an average life expectancy of 14.5 years.

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Life expectancy for the average American is now 76 years, hitting the lowest point in nearly two decades after declining for the second year in a row. Dr. Steven Woolf, director emeritus of the ...

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The life expectancy for a person receiving dialysis is around 5–10 years, though many live for 20–30 years. People who receive a donor kidney from a living donor tend to go 15–20 years ...

Cirrhosis of the liver is a serious condition, which causes permanent liver damage. Life expectancy depends greatly on the stage and type. Learn more here.

Smokers pay significantly more for life insurance. Forbes Advisor explains why smokers pay more, what counts as smoking, and how to get best rates.

Life insurance companies generally consider an applicant to be high risk if they have a shorter life expectancy because of medical or lifestyle risk factors, such as chronic health conditions or a ...

Today, we have the lowest such life expectancy, worse than those of Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan or South Korea, as well as some less rich countries, like China or Chile.

Officials are still trying to determine if Zika definitively causes microcephaly in babies born to women infected with the virus, but concern about the condition is on the rise.

A new happiness report finds sharp declines in well-being among adolescents and young adults in the U.S. But the picture is better for people aged 60 and older, marking a striking generational divide.

Lung cancer is tricky to diagnose early. In fact, about 7 out of 10 lung cancers are diagnosed after they’ve spread outside of the lungs. Your doctor may call this stage III or IV lung cancer ...