Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves ...

Baby boomers are aging into rusty infrastructure, finding retirement homes to be a new web. A selection of lucky baby boomers seemingly have won the housing market, but they haven't met their final ...

We seem fascinated by generations, using them to evoke shared experiences and to push us apart. Demography, the science of population change, defines a cohort as a group of people born at roughly the ...

Family physicians serve as personal doctors for individuals and their families and also act as gatekeepers of the health care system. If no special status is accorded to family physicians, however, ...

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