"Quality of life" has quickly become a catch-all term, but confusion over what it actually means could have serious negative consequences according to some recent research. As medical advances have ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over ...

Do you have a good quality of life? What exactly does "quality of life" refer to? Does it simply refer to happiness or is it more complicated than that? Quality of life is discussed in various fields ...