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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) life expectancy varies between types. The most severe types of SMA have a life expectancy of less than 2 years, while less severe types do not impact life expectancy. The ...

People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) frequently live well into adulthood. Advances in treatment have significantly increased the life expectancy for this condition. The median life expectancy ...

New state-level data shows that Arizonans can expect to live to 75, a lower age than most states and below the U.S. average. Arizonans lost 3.8 years of life expectancy between 2019 and 2021, ...

Having a tracheostomy may not affect your life expectancy as much as the condition that requires getting one. Sometimes, medical complications arise that require healthcare professionals to perform ...

Beneficiaries must take required minimum distributions from their inherited IRAs. When the RMD is an annual obligation, the Single Life Expectancy Table must be used to identify the denominator for ...

Newly published data on life expectancy in the United States shows a partial rebound from the worst phase of the coronavirus pandemic, but drug overdoses, homicides and chronic illnesses such as heart ...