the period of a person’s life during which they are generally healthy and free from serious or chronic illness
On a larger scale, Human Longevity aims to help people in general to extend the number of years they live a healthy life, or healthspan.
Submitted by: Kerry on 18/03/2016
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The term healthspan has featured in medical research for the last five years, though is yet to be formally recorded in a published dictionary. One of the earliest uses of the term is associated with Dr. Gordon Lithgow, formerly of the University of Manchester in the UK and now associate professor at the Buck Institute for advancing age research in California.