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Ohio Woman Celebrates 119th Birthday [VIDEO]

A Warrensville Heights, Ohio, woman is marking a big birthday milestone. Rebecca Lanier just turned 119.

Study: 18,000 Elders Dying From Falls Wasn't a Big Bump

For years now, a set of deadly figures has perplexed U.S. scientists: How was it possible that the number of elderly people who died each year from falls could have soared more than 50 percent in less than a decade to reach 18,000? New research, AOL News has learned, suggests an intriguing answer: The huge increase never...

Elders Enjoying More Sex but Risking More Disease

A recent flurry of scientific reports should remove any lingering suspicion that older people automatically lose their sex drive the minute they hand in their retirement papers. That's the good news. The bad news is that too many of these turned-on elders are also contracting sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV,...

Are Older Voters Blocking Social Policy Changes?

ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (Nov. 18) -- As the baby boomers who gave us the term "generation gap" turn 65, a new divide is opening between young and old over everything from health care to gay rights to the right to get high. Republicans and Democrats alike insist it's time to stop piling debt onto future generations, yet...

It's a Good Bet You'll Find Lots of Elders in Casinos

(Oct. 14) -- With revenues battered by the recession, the casino industry is ever more dependent upon the steady flow of cash from us old folks. We're holding up our end and then some. In Las Vegas, for example, where the overwhelming majority of visitors hit the casinos, people 65 and older accounted for 16 percent of...