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Bracing for the Falls of an Aging Nation

January 14, 2015

As the population ages and people live longer in bad shape, the number of older Americans who fall and suffer serious, ...

Aging with HIV/AIDS: New study highlights unique challenges survivors face

June 27, 2014

Maggie Atkinson was 30 and a successful young lawyer in Toronto when she started experiencing unexplained weight ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Sleep Tight

April 4, 2014

Im a Boomer, born right in the middle of the Boom, along with 400,000 other Canadian kids that year, and Im a ...

We are One Lucky Generation in Seven Thousand

January 10, 2014

“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour ...

Our Take on the Aging Demographic is Antiquated

January 10, 2014

A century ago, children outnumbered the elderly by as much as 10 to one in most European countries. Today, there are ...

Ask an MD-PhD: Extending Life, Not Misery

December 6, 2013

 Most of us assume that aging equals illness. To be honest about it, we don’t usually put it that bluntly and we ...

Ask an Expert: Status of Aging Diseases

November 15, 2013

As of 2013, we can neither cure nor prevent a single age-related disease. Even at our absolute best – and then ...

Waste, not aging patients, threatens health care

October 19, 2013

The Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) recently painted a frightening portrait of Canadian healthcare, with ...

Susan Eng on CTV News for National Seniors Day

October 4, 2013

CARP held its annual flag raising from coast to coast on National Seniors Day,  October 1st 2013, and Susan Eng, ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: It’s Not Dark Yet

September 6, 2013

I’m a boomer, about two thirds of the way through my allotted span. I’m going to do better than three score and ...