New technology helps Swedish care for elderly
Caitlan Carroll Dec 25, 2012
Sweden has taken giant steps when it comes to heath care. With one of the oldest populations and highest life expectancies in the world, the Scandinavian nation is using new medical technology to care for its aging citizens.
The high costs of looking good as you age
Judy Muller Oct 19, 2012
Appearing to look better than others in your age group could be seen as a blessing or a very expensive curse.
What an aging workforce means for the economy
Chris Farrell Sep 28, 2012
It seems like there's a new warning every week about our aging population and what it means for government entitlement programs, among other things. Marketplace's Chris Farrell is here to separate fact from fiction.
FDA warns on anti-aging claims of cosmetics
Sarah Gardner Sep 13, 2012
Anti-aging creams are a growing share of the cosmetics market, but the FDA warns that if companies claim pharmaceutical benefits from their products, the FDA will review them as drugs.
Drinking and divorce among the baby boomers
Mark Garrison Jul 13, 2012
More long-term marriages are breaking up and a wine habit may benefit older women's bones.
Homes and the demographics of aging
Chris Farrell Apr 5, 2012
Housing an Aging Population: Are We Prepared?
More bad news on retirement
Chris Farrell Feb 23, 2012
A substantial fraction of people die with virtually no financial assets -- 46.1 percent with less than $10,000.
Inventing the economic industry of middle age
Kai Ryssdal Feb 7, 2012
In the 1920s, an entire industry devoted to denying age and inviting youth emerged. The "midlife industrial complex," as author Patricia Cohen describes it, created a culture that pressures middle-aged adults to pass as young.
