Fitness

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from electronic products during recycling, a new…

Taking care of an elderly parent or seriously ill spouse or family member can be physically and emotionally draining — and expensive for the caregiver in more ways than one. But being a caregiver while…

Gerontologist Jay Olshansky is used to backlash about his views on human longevity. Decades ago he and his coauthors predicted children, on average, would live to only age 85 — only 1% to 5% might survive…

Over a decade before her husband’s death, Linda Tung was already concerned with estate planning. Their daughter, Rachel, was born with cerebral palsy, a neurological condition that can greatly hamper mobility. Planning for Rachel’s financial…

No matter how much money you have, every adult faces countless financial decisions every year — how to stay afloat, prosper, prepare for the future, enjoy life and minimize hardship. It’s … a lot. So…

More than a third of children around the world were nearsighted in 2023, and this proportion will rise to almost 40% in 2050, according to new research. Nearsightedness, or myopia, refers to when closer objects…