Unlike reading glasses, which are easy to buy at most drugstores, hearing aids have traditionally been difficult, and expensive, to acquire. One challenge has been the federal requirement of a medical evaluation before you can purchase hearing aids. But in an effort to open up the manufacturing market, and save…

For many of us, our work is a source of pleasure or meaning. And equally, for many of us, working is essential to keeping us economically afloat. While physically demanding jobs may be difficult to continue as we get older, most of us assume we can put off retirement if…

When you’re tired or feeling down, it might be easy to dismiss your symptoms as just normal “aging.” But feeling fatigued or weak, especially if these symptoms come on suddenly, may not just be the result of getting older. Writing for Kaiser Health News, journalist Judith Graham provides useful information about…

Now that the holidays and winter are upon us, it’s easy to think of a warm hat or scarf as an appropriate and useful gift. One New York-based start-up wants you to also think about being socially conscious while you go about your holiday shopping. Wooln is a new crowd-funded manufacturer of…

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It’s hard enough getting older. Imagine growing older, with all of its attendant limitations, while serving a sentence behind bars. Your life is severely restricted and your options to maintain a quality of life are few. For photographer Jessica Earnshaw, the subject of aging prisoners became a passion and a…