healthspan
Definitions
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- noun The length of time in one's life where one is in optimal health.
Examples
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For Kirkland, it's the difference between lifespan and a relatively new term called healthspan, which means the quality of your life in whatever time you have.
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We want to use the discoveries about calorie restriction and other related genetic or pharmacological interventions to close that 30-year gap between lifespan and 'healthspan'.
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So if researchers want to achieve big gains in lifespan and healthspan they have to go after the aging process itself.
Medical Paradigm, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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The 54-year-old from Rochester has seen the difference in healthspan in her own family: Her father's poor health left him unable to travel or fulfill all his retirement dreams, while her grandmother farmed and even took a belly-dancing class in her 90s.
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Safdar, who received a standing ovation when he presented the findings at a scientific conference, said people need to start thinking about "healthspan" in addition to lifespan.
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Sanes said the research may help to advance research aimed at increasing the time that people spend healthy, termed "healthspan."
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"The reporting of this work is a celebration for the entire field of aging researchers, as it validates the long-held hypothesis that genetic and pharmacologic changes to create a healthy lifespan, or 'healthspan,' can greatly reduce the onset of some of the most devastating diseases that afflict mankind," he adds.
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Our mission is to increase the healthspan, the healthy years of life.
Note
The word 'healthspan' is a compound of 'health' and '-span'.
