Grandparents

A new study finds a link between grandmothers' smoking and their grandchildren developing asthma and wheezing.

• By Nathan Collins

If Boomers shift from executive jobs to caregiving, will Millennials get their baby boom?

• By Alana Massey

As a kid, Rachael Maddux thought she could shut herself away from the reality of death. Instead, through Reader’s Digest, she came face to face with the fragility of life.

• By Rachael Maddux

After two and a half decades of heart attacks, strokes, heavy drinking, chain smoking, and, finally, cancer, my grandfather decided to end his life at 76. The whole family gathered to watch.

• By Maggie Mertens

Epigenetics is a hot field right now, and while many recent findings aren't nearly as revolutionary as its practitioners believe, we have seen some provocative study results that are hard to dismiss.

• By Michael White

Despite the growing number of multigenerational homes and efforts by researchers to prove otherwise, grandparents do not enjoy living with children.

• By Sarah Sloat