Health Span vs. Life Span
Written by Yew Healthy Aging Nutraceuticals Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer - Dr. Peter Ford, Pharm D. February 24, 2024 A person’s healthspan is the length of time that a person is healthy, not just alive. The word was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2018. Whereas life span is the duration of existence of an individual. The words are complementary to one another, however, as a baby boomer, I am much more interested in the term health span, than I am in the word lifespan. Not a single one...
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