On AlterNet: age

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "age"

Are Male Baby Boomers Doomed To Become Lonely Seniors?

Why are women more psychologically prepared for old age?

Canadian researchers find playing a musical instrument delays the onset of age-related hearing decline.

A group of scientists have gathered some invaluable evidence in the quest to predict which people will live to be older than 100.

Our current system has robbed us of the chance to save, educate ourselves, see the world and live to a robust old age.

If men's biological clocks tick just as loudly as women's, does it mean we're closer to equality?

McCain's age matters; especially if he picks his running mate from the crazy wing of the Republican Party.

It's true that as boomers retire, they will consume more and produce less. But gloomy projections about them bankrupting us are deeply flawed.

One's 20s and 60s shouldn't be so different because they are both times of change and exploration, according to Per Larson, author of "Gay Money."