The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Guardian investigation revealed scale of penalties for unwitting breaches of carer’s allowance earnings limits

Naomi Whitehead attains status after death of Elizabeth Francis, who was third-oldest known living person in world

SINGLETON'S Mercy Services nursing home is closing down after 40 years forcing the relocation of 38 residents.

The second edition of the Spirit of Paimio conference, ‘Reimagining Community’, brings together a group of architects, writers, designers, astrophysicists, and artists to think and talk about what it means to be in community at the sanatorium turned Modernist site

COMMENT: By not starting a family, I always believed I was doing my bit to save the planet, says Gina Beach – but as the birth rate in Britain plummets to a record low, am I contributing to an even more pressing problem?

The Health Secretary said he is worried that people could feel they have a ‘duty to die’ to relieve the burden on their loved ones.

Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people refusing to become organ donors after a Kentucky man almost had his organs harvested despite still being alive

The capital’s fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level since 2008

Supporters raise half amount needed for Zoe’s Place in weeks, with local celebrities including Steven Gerrard matching pledges

North-east the worst-affected region, recording 40% drop in acceptances on to pre-registration courses, union finds

Strength training is more effective than cardio, says one author of a study on the aging process