Ageing
You're just as active at 60 as you are as a teenager
New research suggests that at the age of 19, people are no more active than 60-year-olds.
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Global Issue
Industry
Economy
Key Issue
System Initiative
Ageing
Ageing
‘Buurtzorg’. The Dutch word that could revolutionize healthcare
Neighbourhood care in the Netherlands is saving time and money - now other countries are developing similar schemes.
Ageing
The pension gap will soon dwarf global GDP: here are 5 ways to plug it
The world’s six largest pension systems will have a joint shortfall of $224 trillion by 2050, setting the industrialized world up for the biggest pension crisis in history.
Ageing
Here's how Asia can maintain growth, with an ever ageing population
Despite an ageing population, this is how Asia can still maintain growth and development.
Ageing
What's the secret to vitality? Science may have the answer
What science can teach us about chronological and biological age.
Ageing
Could we one day slow, or even rewind, ageing?
Epigenetics, the study of how environmental factors and lifestyle choices influence our genes, is helping to shed some extra light on the issue of ageing.
Ageing
This is the cost of Asia's ageing population
This is the impact that an ageing population will have on Asia.
Ageing
Workers as young as 45 are suffering discrimination
A new study found that age-related discrimination is starting as early as 45 years of age.
Ageing
We're moving fast. But nobody knows where we're going
The telegraph, the internet, and the smartphone reshaped the world for every generation that witnessed them. What if similar inventions show up twice a decade?
Ageing
4 ideas that could reverse the biology of ageing
Lindsay Wu explores the research currently being done into extending the human lifespan and reversing biological ageing.
Ageing
Age discrimination is still a real problem, and it's worst for women
A report published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco found discernible and systematic patterns of age discrimination, particularly for women.
Ageing
Why we still have a problem with age discrimintation
A report published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco found discernible and systematic patterns of age discrimination, particularly for women.
Ageing
This is the Aajibaichi Shala - the Indian school for grandmothers
This school is helping older women in India to attend school for the first time.
Environment
This is the link between air pollution and dementia
A new study suggests that outdoor pollution could increase the risk of dementia.
Ageing
Life expectancy in the US is lagging behind other countries. Here's why
A new study suggests that the American life expectancy gap is projected to grow even more by 2030.