Why and how are people living longer today then ever before?

Please if u find a site that would be good too....i want to know reasons why people are living longer...like what the cause could be...

It's because now a days the medical culture is so much better, medical research has come on, they have more cures or treatment for the disease such as cancer for example, the doctors and nurses are more trained, the diet is better nowadays, we have more gym facilities so people are exercising more

probably all the medication keeping people alive

They are more healthier. They eat more healthy and they get plent of exersise! There wa this girl on Tv tht wa 107 yearsold and she was still walking! So it is possible!

alot of things about the body of man , have been discovered . 150 years ago we say : that man or woman has passed away without knowin the cause . But today we know .

In one word: science. Modern science has made it possible to fight diseases, even prevent diseases, that were once incurable. There are now cures for certain types of cancer, heart transplants, more modern sanitation methods (to prevent the rampant spread of diseases like cholera), and treatments for diseases that were once fatal. Science has made a long life a much more likely possiblity than in years past.

People are living longer due to scientists finding cures for diseases which have killed people in the past.

Well... all the medical advances, but it could also be because of evolution maybe...

It is because of science. today we know so much more about the human body. we have discovered medication for so many diseases and can cure them.

In earlier days, people could die of just anything. we did not know how to cure the illnesses.
But it is also true that now, we are coming to know of many new diseases as well. i think we are developing new diseases. that might be due to stress, lifestyle and/or environment/pollution and such things. though we are discovering new medicines for diseases, new kind of diseases are also developing.

I think the life of human beings will increase many more times, if we could live healthier lives becoz then no one will die... that will create more burden on the earth - bcoz we will not stop producing... the cycle of life and death was meant to keep the planet alive (it was created by nature or GOD), but things are changing with new discoveries...

i am sure after some years (not in our lifetime though) people will stop producing new life bcoz death will be controlled and i am sure we will also control ageing... then if we have still not started moving out to another planet, there will be no space or resources left on earth for so many human beings to survive - i think that is the reason we are so vehemently searching for other planets where life could be possible...may be 50/100 years from now - human beings will start migrating to some other planet (maybe MARS???)...