When you reach a certain age, you'll likely be required to withdraw a certain percentage of your savings from your retirement ...

Explore the Social Security benefit amounts you can receive at various retirement ages and whether the monthly amount or the lifetime amount matters more to you.

As the year draws to a close, retirees should review how required minimum distributions (RMDs) are calculated.

Scientists from Tulane University have found that people who frequently add extra salt to their food at the table have a higher risk of premature death. While the body needs a small amount of sodium ...

Gurven is distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of California-Santa Barbara and the author of “Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer.” We’re living in the age of the ...

About 805,000 people in the United States have a heart attack each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though it is common and fatal in serious cases, most people make a ...

As people live longer and healthier lives, some of the financial decisions that were once thought to be off the table in retirement are being reimagined. Case in point? Seniors today are working ...

Researchers found that life expectancy growth in wealthy nations has dramatically slowed since 1939. Once driven by major reductions in child mortality, longevity gains are now limited by slower ...

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Life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, according to global health research — but mortality rates for teens and young adults are of growing concern. The latest release of The Global Burden of ...

Social Security is facing a $25.1 trillion long-term funding shortfall, as well as the prospect of sweeping benefit cuts in as little as seven years. Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano is ...