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NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with actress Amanda Peet about her Lenny Letter essay, "Never Crossing The Botox Rubicon," and how to navigate aging in the image-obsessed entertainment industry.

After reviewing the medical evidence, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended exercise as the most effective approach for older people seeking to minimize the risk of falling.

Facebook's big birthday comes amid tales of trouble — that its youngest users don't find it cool anymore. But Facebook doesn't seem fazed.

Director Brett Morgen joins Fresh Air's Terry Gross to discuss his new film, Chicago 10. The film mixes trial footage and animation to tell the story of the "Chicago 8" — protesters held accountable for violence that erupted with police outside the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968.

About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool to gauge your brain care and track your progress.

Video game producer Ellen Hobbs had a problem with an amazon.com order, but could not find a customer-service phone number on the Web site. So she combed the Internet for a number and posted it on her own site. In December alone, more than 23,000 people visited her site to find the telephone number. Hobbs tells NPR's Scott Simon that sometimes customers with problems simply want to talk to a human being.

Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.

Some older people don't have children or other family members to fall back on when they need care. Instead, they find that networks of friends can take up the slack.

With young people among the hardest hit by the down economy, NPR wondered what millennials want from tonight's debate. The head of a group of college Republicans poses theoretical questions for President Obama. The president of a chapter of college Democrats fashions questions for Mitt Romney.

The Health and Human Services secretary was on the hot seat at a House hearing. Her testimony followed another hearing Tuesday at which an Obama aide apologized for HealthCare.gov's troubles and was peppered with questions about Americans who have had their health insurance canceled.