Aging

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.

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.

More long-term marriages are breaking up and a wine habit may benefit older women's bones.

Housing an Aging Population: Are We Prepared?

A substantial fraction of people die with virtually no financial assets -- 46.1 percent with less than $10,000.

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.

The movement toward second and third careers