Rachel Green felt middle-aged at 29. That’s about a decade earlier than the traditional start to midlife. She took on more management responsibilities at work—and her hair went gray. “I don’t want to ...

For inspiration, look to: David Beckham (left), Ryan Reynolds (centre) and Jude Law (right) - GC/Film Magic/Getty If our twenties are for sartorial experimentation and our thirties are about ...

"No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder. That's for teenagers, right? Well, guess what – it happened to me." Alexa, a 44-year-old real estate agent, was telling me about ...

When I published my debut novel ("The Band," from Atria/Simon & Schuster) this year, I unwittingly found myself in an accidental field experiment on whether motherhood is synonymous with "middle age." ...

A study in the British Medical Journal lit up the Internet last week with the conclusion that cognitive decline begins at age 45. While it’s true that some innate skills like memory and speed of ...