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Long-term care demand escalating

Reflecting global trends, the number of elderly Germans needing care will ...
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Learn English – for Europe’s sake

Increased labor mobility is one of the keys to Europe’s advancement. The CEO of ...
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The good news about today’s children

Where is the best country to grow up? The latest UNICEF child wellbeing ...
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Why France is in the family way

France’s Minister for Families Dr. Dominique Bertinotti explains to Allianz ...
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How aging societies can stay prosperous

To keep economic and social stability strengthen family policies and let ...
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Women warriors: fighting just as hard at home

In the final segment of a three-part series on women in the military, we ...
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allianz knowledge on demography: Three year old Sophie enjoys swinging on a ring during the gymnastics class at her Kindergarten in Hanau, 30km (18 miles) south of Frankfurt, March 12, 2013.

allianz knowledge on demography: Children spend time with a camel at a house in a block isolated by flood waters after it was rescued from a flooded farm, at Depot Hill in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Allianz knowledge on demography:Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) reacts as six-month-old Solomon Buster Sitar touches his nose

allianz knowledge on demography: Female mechanics work on brakes in France’s first garage run only by women in Le Cres, near Montpellier, southern France,

allianz knowledge on demography: Children listen to their nursery school teacher reading a story at their Kindergarten in Hanau, 30km (18 miles) south of Frankfurt, March 12, 2013.

allianz knowledge on demogfraphy: Seven babies sit in tummy tubs filled with water to cool down after a baby massage class held for young mothers in IJmuide

allianz knowledge on demography:A woman checks job offers in downtown Milan April 3, 2012.

allianz knowledge on demography: A girl walks with her mother after her first day of school at the Shimizu elementary school in Fukushima, northern Japan April 6, 2011.

allianz knowledge on demography: A girl squats down in a polling booth while her mother marks her ballots at a polling station in Seoul June 2, 2010.

Allianz knowledge on demography: A child bundles up against the cold as he waits with his family for care packages filled with wooden horses, dolls and stuffed animals in Ciudad Juarez early morning December 24, 2010.

allianz knowledge on demography: a Maori father plays with his son.

Allianz knowledge on demography: Shoppers walk past protesters dressed as prisoners and carrying signs reading "Condemned to precariousness and poverty. Megapark" and "Social Cuts bury our Rights",

allianz knowledge on demography: Caitlin Hope (L), 5, and Annabel Nicol, 5, concentrate on making Christmas decorations at Watlington Primary School in Watlington, southern England December 14,

allianz knowledge on demography: Teacher Audrey Benes speaks to her kindergarten class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2013.

Demography Which countries do best for families? See how your country compares when it comes to child poverty and family wellbeing, ... more

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A microscope image of neural stem cells (in green) made by Dr. Tilo Kunath from human embryonic ... / Credits: Tilo Kunath

Demography: Interview How stem cells can extend healthy old age New therapies could regenerate old cells and transform the lives of the ... more

Demography Climate-induced migration in Asia-Pacific Rising seas and parched fields could persuade millions to migrate to the ... more

A migrant tries to cross into the United States from the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez near El Paso, Texas in March 2006.

Cuban migrants trying to reach the U.S. coast in Florida ride on a truck, converted into a marine vessel with air-filled drums and a propeller for propulsion.

Tajik migrant workers resting outside Moscow.

An Indian border security guard and a girl goat herder

Women in Turkish dress in Munich

Andrzej looks at the timetable at an international bus station in Bialystok, eastern Poland in August 2006.

An immigrant crawls after his arrival on a makeshift boat on the Gran Tarajal beach in Spain's Canary Islands in May 2006.

Foreign workers on a construction site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November 2006.

Migrant workers from China's Hebei Province rest near a wall beside the Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

An internally displaced person (IDP), this Sudanese woman carries empty containers to be filled with water at Abu Shouk Camp.

Iraqi migrant Ahlam al-Jibouri and her children eat a meal during a power outage in their home in a slum of Damascus, Syria, in January 2007.

Afghan refugees in western Pakistan prepare to leave a refugee camp on their way back to their home country in September 2005.

A girl displaced by Colombian violence in Barranquilla in May 2005.

Demography Migration hotspots worldwide The global migrant population, if it was a nation, would be the fifth largest in the ... more

An elderly man exercises in the "pensioners playground" in Hyde Park, London. / Credits: Reuters

Demography The good news about getting old The largest ever study of the health of people aged 85+ dispels the gloomy ... more

Burnout

Obesity

Computer Vision Syndrome

Age-related Macular Degeneration

Hearing Loss

E-Thrombosis

Anxiety Disorder

Employees at a window front

food in the supermarket

A laughter therapy session for elderly in California

Demography Twenty-first century diseases Modern life may have made our lives easier but it also brings new health problems. This ... more

Evelyn, a guest at the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel played by Dame Judi Dench, blogs about her ... / Credits: 2012 Twentieth Century Fox

Demography Outsource the elderly Why pay a fortune to grow old in Britain, when in Asia you can get good care at ... more

World of 7 Billion / Credits: Allianz

Demography World of 7 Billion Can you guess what the 7 billionth person's life will be like? Check out this ... more

People cross a street in the Hong Kong district of Mong Kok which has the highest population ... / Credits: Reuters

Demography: Interview Demographic change tests solidarity between young and old Hong Kong social entrepreneur Timothy Ma Kam Wah provides lifelines to the ... more

A man on a harley rides past an oldtimer in Cuba.

Members of the Danish branch of the Hell's Angels pose on their bikes.

Harley Davidson riders hit the road

A young couple attending a Harley Davidson festival in Austria

An elderly Harley fan poses with his bike

An older Harley fan poses behind his bike

A man on his harley enters the Austrian Harley Davidson festival

A Chinese peasant eyes a couple on a Harley Davidson

Demography Harley Davidson and its aging riders With its baby boomer customer base aging fast, see how iconic American motorcycle company ... more

Demography Granny Au Pair: Around the world at 60 years Granny Au Pair sends older women to help families around the world – an ... more

Fit in old age: 93 years old Porchon-Lynch from New York was named the world's oldest yoga teacher ... / Credits: Reuters

Demography Themed retirement finds niche Growing old gracefully is no fun. Baby Boomers are finding new ways of living ... more

'Silversufer' enjoy their sunset years. The old people of tomorrow feel the aging differently ... / Credits: Shutterstock

Demography: Interview Rebels in retirement: Alternative old age lifestyles The 50-plus generation in Germany envisages different lifestyles for their ... more

What's missing in this picture is the generation that has to take care of both the young and old. ... / Credits: Reuters

Aqua gymnastics for seniors.

Senior health care services

Senior consulting class

Senior citizen working in a call-center.

A senior citizen practices reading with a child.

Senoirs practice to use tablet PCs.

Demography Lifelong learning Enabling seniors to work during retirement can fill gaps in a shrinking workforce. Here ... more

Alanna Shaikh, global health expert and TED Fellow explains to the TEDGlobal 2012 audience how she ... / Credits: YouTube TEDTalks

Demography: Interview TEDGlobal 2012: How I’m preparing to get Alzheimer’s Don’t be scared of dementia, prepare for it, says global health expert and TED ... more

A menu of a fast food restaurant in New York. Are rapidly rising obesity rates a sign that humans ... / Credits: Reuters

Demography Obesity epidemic: Beyond the saturation point Obesity has now reached epidemic proportions worldwide. When does your ... more

People with heart problems speak after a cardiovascular therapy training session at Sabana Park in ... / Credits: Reuters

Demography: Interview How to tackle chronic disease The alarming spread of chronic disease demands that we move patients from ... more

A driver pushes his taxi thorugh flood water in Mumbai, India. Find out how Indian cabbies and ... / Credits: Reuters

Demography Taxi thoughts: Cab drivers take on retirement planning Four taxi drivers reveal the moods of their clients and their own personal ... more

Demography Australia, Nordic countries top pension rankings For a comfortable retirement, you’re better off being an Aussie or a Swede, ... more

Pension Sustainability Index Animation / Credits: Allianz Global Investors

Demography Pension Sustainability Index Many countries are under pressure to reform their pension systems as a result ... more

Bismarck's pension dilemma explained in a 300 words video / Credits: AGI / Ray Moore

Demography: Video What is Bismarck's pension trap? Under chancellor Bismarck, Germany introduced old age social security in 1899. ... more

Reducing complexity is one of the top issues corporates, pension plan providers and clients aim at. / Credits: Reuters

Demography What pension funds really want The last thing the pension industry needed was the market turmoil of recent ... more

People standing on a crowded train leaving Dhaka airport rail station / Credits: Reuters

Demography World population growth: Are we too many? By 2050 the world’s population will have grown by another 2.5 billion, Can a ... more

Korean artist Eun Sook Lee's illuminated installation, "Vanished Berlin Wall," on display in Berlin ... / Credits: Reuters

Allianz Knowledge on demography: This 2003 photo of Wittenberge shows an all-to-familiar scene in the small towns of eastern Germany—the signs of exodus: boarded-up and crumbling buildings, and empty streets.

Allianz Knowledge on demography: Projected onto the dismantled former East German parliament building in Berlin are the words "Clobber it, before it clobbers you."

Allianz Knowledge on demography: Wolves were nearly entirely killed off in Germany by mass exterminations during the early 20th century, but they are slowly making a comeback

Allianz Knowledge on demography: The Roth family with their son, Danny, the first baby born in Hamburg, Germany in 2007

Allianz Knowldege on demography: German chancellor Angela Merkel pictured here with German students.

Allianz Knowledge on demography: Pensioners look out onto Lake Chiemsee in southeastern Germany.

German auto workers demonstrate near Frankfurt, Allianz Knowledge on demography: Germany in January 2007 against the governments plans to gradually increase retirement age from 65 to 67.

Allianz Knowledge on demography: Turkish and German fans mingled in good spirits in Berlin during the Euro 2008 semifinal match between the two national teams.

Demography How demographic change transforms Germany Empty cradles and empty towns. Learn about the challenges of demographic change in ... more

300 Word Video on medical milestones. / Credits: Project M

Demography: Video What was the major medical breakthrough in modern history? Antibiotics? Medical imaging? Ultrasound? Heart transplants or life-saving ... more

An x-ray of a gunshot victim.

Penicillin fungi growing on a bunch of moldy red grapes.

A view of a Bayer AG building covered to look like an aspirin box.

Type 1 diabetic Tamara Khachatoorian holds her bottles of insulin.

Justin Noynay has his upper lips covered with a plaster after surgery .

Workers arrange Hepatitis-A vaccines for packing at a pharmaceutical company in Beijing.

Gynecologist Arquimedes Hernandez performs an ultrasound scan .

Computed tomography (CT) is a very advanced way of using x-rays.

Dr Ian Wilmut faces Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal.

The AbioCor implantable replacement heart, the world's first self-contained mechanical heart.

Demography Medical breakthroughs Ten of the biggest medical breakthroughs that have helped make the world healthier. more

Demography Thomas Malthus and the population time bomb None of the troubling predictions about overpopulation and global starvation ... more