To Fight Disease, Researchers Aim to Slow Down Aging
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Yesterday in Chicago, Vice President Joe Biden spoke to one of the largest annual meetings of cancer researchers in the world, and he urged...
View ArticleFour Generations Struggle With Aging in Cathleen Schine's New Novel
86-year-old Joy Bergman is struggling to keep her life under control. She’s single-handedly caring for her husband who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s – plus she’s trying to hang onto her job as a museum...
View ArticleWhy Aging is Crucial to Our Survival
Aging has evolved over millions of years to prevent an ecological crisis. In Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old-And What It Means for Staying Young theoretical biologist Josh...
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Sobering IMF report on U.S. economy cites dwindling middle class, growing...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The American middle class is shrinking and struggling. The six-year-long economic recovery is showing some signs of slowing. And the pronounced wealth...
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Is there any relief for astronomical drug costs?
Medicare is prevented by law from negotiating with drug companies over their prices. In recent years, the price tag for people who must take expensive new drugs has risen at an alarming rate, writes...
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How selling a home may affect what you pay for Medicare
Photo by Shannon Stapleton/ReutersEditor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on aging and retirement, is here to provide the answers you need in “Ask Phil.” Send your questions to...
View ArticleTessa Hadley Reads “Dido's Lament”
Tessa Hadley reads her story “Dido's Lament,” from the August 8 & 15, 2016, issue of the magazine. Hadley has published six novels and four story collections, including “Sunstroke and Other...
View ArticleExtending the Human Lifespan Hundreds of Years
Could advances in medicine and technology allow us to live longer — a lot longer? Decades, perhaps centuries? Eve Herold, former director of the Office of Communications and Public Affairs at the...
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Teaching in-home caregivers seems to pay off, report says
Photo by Flickr user Rosie O’Beirne.Low-income Californians who are elderly and disabled were less likely to go to the emergency room or be hospitalized after their in-home caregivers participated in...
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Why doesn’t Medicare cover more for physical therapy?
Phil Moeller answers your questions on aging and retirement. Photo by Getty ImagesEditor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on aging and retirement, is here to provide the answers you...
View ArticleConnecting Faith and Public Policy; Making Makeup Safe; Men's Aging and...
On today's show:David Wallace-Wells, Features Director at New York Magazine, recounts his frightening experience at Kennedy Airport last week, when reports of an active shooter - though there wasn't...
View ArticleMen's Aging and Evolution
Richard Bribiescas, professor of anthropology and ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University, deputy provost for faculty development and diversity and the author of How Men Age: What Evolution...
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Column: Will increasing longevity change the way you live?
If you knew you were going to live to 100, how would it affect the way you live your life? Photo by Paul Bradbury/Getty ImagesEditor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on aging and...
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Medicare won’t cover a procedure I need. Can I get private insurance?
Aging and retirement expert Phil Moeller answers your questions. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesEditor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on aging and retirement, is here to provide...
View ArticleThe Science of Singing
When you hear a singer like the late Whitney Houston belt out a song like “I Will Always Love You,” you’re listening to a marvel of vocal skill. But there’s no anatomical difference between her vocal...
View ArticleFact-Checking Donald Trump's Philanthropy, Ken Burns on 'Defying the Nazis'
David Fahrenthold, a political reporter with The Washington Post discusses his investigation into Donald Trump's charitable donations. Filmmakers Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky discuss their new film,...
View ArticleLife After 60: Confronting Aging with Grace and Humor
Journalist and author Ian Brown talks about his memoir Sixty: The Beginning of the End, Or the End of the Beginning? He candidly confronts aging, and asks whether turning 60 means that he’s “soon to be...
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How do the Affordable Care Act and Medicare interact?
Hisham Uadadeh enrolls in a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act at Leading Insurance Agency in Miami, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesEditor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller,...
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Even with medical advances, humans may not live past 130, study says
105-year-old Japanese Hidekichi Miyazaki poses like Jamaica’s Usain Bolt in front of an electric board showing his 100-metre record time of 42.22 seconds at an athletic field in Kyoto, Japan, in this...
View Article'Aquarius' Explores Brazilian Life in a Changing Neighborhood
Sônia Braga stars in “Aquarius,” directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho. Braga plays Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, who is the last resident of the Aquarius, one of the few old...
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