The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Report from the Gates Foundation says the death rate for under-fives will increase for the first time this century as cuts by Donald Trump and from nations across Europe begin to bite

Leaked document raises questions over amount of government control behind MP Kim Leadbeater’s bill

Whether you actually feel like you're aging well depends a lot on something people don't always talk about openly, which is your income, according to a Pew Research Center report.  The survey found that 61% of upper-income seniors say they're aging "extremely" or "very" well. Among lower-income older adults, that…

Technical prowess must not come at the cost of good bedside manner – and being able to balance facts with empathy

Palliative care is deeply underfunded and unequal. Assisted dying cannot go ahead until politicians right that wrong, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

Letters: Dr Jacky Davis and Stephen Sedley respond to letters that supported the Lords’ scrutiny of the bill

Many can lift and tighten in mere weeks.

Poland and Romania recorded the highest increase in Britons arriving in the past four years, new data shows

Millie Fairley was diagnosed just days after her 13th birthday