Some researchers suspect that rising prescription drug use may explain a disturbing trend. By Paula Span For a while, walking the dog felt hazardous. Earl Vickers was accustomed to taking Molly, his ...
“Older Americans Are Hoarding the Nation’s Potential,” by Samuel Moyn (Opinion guest essay, April 26), relies on a troubling premise: that older Americans constitute a problem population whose ...
Southeast Australia is enduring a record-breaking heatwave, with temperatures rising above 40ºC in many areas. For vulnerable people, particularly older Australians, this heat is not only ...
When we talk about drug overdose deaths, many of us imagine a problem that affects young people. But new data from Australia’s Annual Overdose Report, published on Sunday, reveals a significant jump ...
The findings of this study are stark: in humanitarian funding databases, only 0.1% of project titles mention older people, and just 6.5% of project descriptions refer to them. This shows that older ...