Aging

Are you avoiding looking at yourself in a mirror? No longer comfortable going to the pool – or maybe pl ...

I just returned home from my godfather’s funeral. It is still unbelievable to me. The man was 90 years old, so it’s in some w ...

Growing up, Regan Causey Tuder heard something that a lot of yo ...

Researchers at Massachussetts General Hospital and other institutions are gaining a better understanding of & ...

Carrie Fisher’s death at 60 came as a shock. Known as Princess (and later, General) Leia to generations of Star Wars fans, sh ...

“Hi, kids,” said the 40-something desk clerk, grinning, as my 60-something husband and I scanned our ID fobs at our neighborh ...

Naw Gay Lay is a 77-year-old Burmese refugee living in South Philadelphia. When she reached her mid-30s, her whole village had to flee military insurgents.

About a third of women experience hair loss. After menopause, that fraction doubles, with thinning hair and bald spots stealing happiness, self-esteem, and quality of life.

Something changed over the course of human evolution that left a lot of us with weak chins and buck-teeth. ...

Having a positive attitude about aging makes older adults more resilient when faced with stressful situations ...

Dr. Robert Ownbey, a pathologist who heads up the Hahnemann Hospital ...

Each year, close to 40,000 Americans die by suicide – and researchers are always looking for new ways to prevent these deaths. But – ...

So often, the milestones of old age sneaks up on us. Even as we gain the advantage of experience, there are less comfortable changes to c ...

Marriage has been important for LGBT communities, but there are perhaps more critical issues that have been unnoticed by the dominant culture and underreported in the media.

WHYY hosted a public forum on Sept. 15 about the long-running priorities of LGBT communities that may be overlooked in the mainstream emphasis on marriage equality.