The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

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

More than four in 10 also said they thought nurses were right to reject a 5.5% pay award from the Government.

Chair of parliamentary group against assisted dying says she has been meeting dozens of undecided MPs

YEARS of austerity leading to inequality and poverty across Scotland is still the biggest contributor to stagnating life expectancy among Scots,…