NEW YORK (AP) - Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research - not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 - are not not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall.
Don’t expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says
NEW YORK (AP) - Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study.
Advances in medical technology and genetic research - not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 - are not not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers who found shrinking longevity increases in countries with the longest-living populations.
"We have to recognize there’s a limit" and perhaps reassess assumptions about when people should retire and how much money they’ll need to live out their lives, said S. Jay Olshansky, a University of Illinois-Chicago researcher who was lead author of the study published Monday by the journal Nature Aging.
Mark Hayward, a University of Texas researcher not involved in the study, called it "a valuable addition to the mortality literature."