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Why do women live longer than men? Healthy habits and biology hold the key
Channel News Asia ^ | 08 Mar 2025

Posted on 03/08/2025 10:27:00 AM PST by nickcarraway

By understanding the reasons, scientists hope to help both sexes age better.

omen outlive men, by something of a long shot: In the United States, women have a life expectancy of about 80, compared to around 75 for men. This holds true regardless of where women live, how much money they make and many other factors. It’s even true for most other mammals. “It’s a very robust phenomenon all over the world, totally conserved in sickness, during famines, during epidemics, even during times of starvation,” said Dr Dena Dubal, a professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco.

But the reasons women live longer are complicated and less established – and the fact that they are outliving men doesn’t necessarily mean they are living better. Women tend to have shorter health spans (the number of healthy years a person lives) than men, said Berenice Benayoun, an associate professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Women are generally more physically frail than men in old age; they’re also more vulnerable, particularly after menopause, to developing cardiovascular issues and Alzheimer’s disease, in part because age itself is a risk factor for those conditions, Dr Benayoun said. Scientists are trying to uncover the reasons men and women age differently in the hopes of extending life span and health span for both.

“If we can understand what makes one sex more resilient or vulnerable, then we have new pathways, new molecular understanding, for new therapeutics that could help one or both sexes also be resilient,” Dr Dubal said. Here’s what they know so far about what causes the longevity gap.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: biology; health; men; women
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To: nickcarraway

I think it probably gets shaved off on the early side more than the late. Young men fight in war, drive like idiots, tip cows, do parkour, adventure sports, fight each other. Doesn’t take a lot of guys dying at 18 to change the back end number.


21 posted on 03/08/2025 11:20:08 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: discostu

Women also get protection from heart and other problems during their childbearing years. They don’t build up iron during those years.


22 posted on 03/08/2025 11:29:14 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I thought that menstruation got rid of fibrin, which tends to accumulate.

One can supplement with nattokinase to break down fibrin.


23 posted on 03/08/2025 11:35:21 AM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: nickcarraway

the men die sooner

because they are married to women

happy wife happy life

happy husband......yeah nobody cares


24 posted on 03/08/2025 11:42:29 AM PST by joshua c
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To: Rennes Templar
“Women live longer than men because they’re not married to women”

This.

25 posted on 03/08/2025 12:05:04 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: nickcarraway

Mostly for revenge. ;) What do I win?


26 posted on 03/08/2025 12:40:23 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: nickcarraway

Women don’t get heart attacks, they give them.


27 posted on 03/08/2025 12:44:06 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: cableguymn

“A man can only take so much nagging....”

Nagging...the number one cause of death among women.


28 posted on 03/08/2025 1:49:37 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: nickcarraway

Draw a line through healthy habits. It isn’t habitual behavior it’s all about biology. Biology is what leads men to do random stupid things like shooting their mouths off at other men who are much bigger or more well armed, or jumping off a cliff on a dare. Testosterone is entirely biological.


29 posted on 03/08/2025 1:53:00 PM PST by webheart (We have to call them what they are: Communists. They are not liberal or progressive. Eed Plebnista. )
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To: nickcarraway

Because they GIVE BIRTH! period.


30 posted on 03/08/2025 1:57:45 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: nickcarraway

And another thing: life expectancy is different from life span. Life expectancy is a statistic which is based on average life spans. My life expectancy was 72 years when I was born but now my life expectancy is at least 79 years and I am not even 72 yet. I expect to live into my 90’s. I am bold enough to call them my 90’s even though I don’t have them yet. I have successfully avoided a lot of violent situations and stupid impulses and I don’t have any major health issues and that is entirely biology.


31 posted on 03/08/2025 1:57:55 PM PST by webheart (We have to call them what they are: Communists. They are not liberal or progressive. Eed Plebnista. )
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To: Rennes Templar

That’s an astute observation. There is empirical evidence that women who marry women have shorter lifespans. Usually only one of them.


32 posted on 03/08/2025 1:59:50 PM PST by webheart (We have to call them what they are: Communists. They are not liberal or progressive. Eed Plebnista. )
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To: webheart

‘ Biology is what leads men to do random stupid things like shooting their mouths off at other men who are much bigger or more well armed, or jumping off a cliff on a dare. Testosterone is entirely biological.’

Your honor, it isn’t my fault, it’s just my biological makeup. I have no control.

🙄


33 posted on 03/08/2025 2:00:46 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: nickcarraway

Men: “Hold mah beer and watch this”.


34 posted on 03/08/2025 2:54:42 PM PST by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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To: cableguymn

bttt


35 posted on 03/08/2025 2:55:56 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: nickcarraway

The female will choose convenience.


36 posted on 03/08/2025 2:59:21 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: nickcarraway

ask gene hackman...


37 posted on 03/08/2025 3:11:21 PM PST by heavy metal (maga... make asylums great again...)
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To: joshua c

I consider it one of my duties to make my husband happy. And I am honored to have opportunities to do so.


38 posted on 03/08/2025 3:20:22 PM PST by Bigg Red (My long-time tagline has been removed and will be stored on my home page as it has proved true.)
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To: nickcarraway

So what? My father died from. a nice quick heart attack sitting in his easy chair at home. Sure, my mother lived six years longer but after suffering a stroke, spending time in the hospital, and then three years in a nursing home,bed ridden. So if you believe in the afterlife which way would you choose?


39 posted on 03/08/2025 3:45:10 PM PST by ClaytonForester
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To: nickcarraway

Old Henny Youngman joke: “Why do men die before their wives? Because we WANT to!”


40 posted on 03/08/2025 5:03:08 PM PST by MNnice
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