Cells in the blood-brain barrier may control multiple steps in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease—and could serve as potential targets for new treatments, researchers say. Read the full article at Futurity.

Social Security, Medicare and retirement accounts will all change in modest but important ways in 2014. And for the first time, retirees too young to qualify for Medicare will be guaranteed the right to buy private insurance via their state’s health insurance marketplace. Here’s what to expect for your retirement benefits next year. Read the […]

Conventional wisdom suggests that you shouldn’t retire with any debt. But Americans are seemingly ignoring that advice, according to a new research report from the Michigan Retirement Research Center. Read the full article at MarketWatch.

While that is a scary thought for some people, the common perception, that the only real choice is between ignoring the difficulties faced by elderly drivers and taking away the car keys, is wrong. “We’re evolving in our thinking,” said Jodi Olshevski, a gerontologist and executive director of the Hartford insurance company’s Center for Mature […]

A troubling new study, Race and Retirement Insecurity in the United States, reveals that America’s retirement crisis is particularly dire for blacks and Latinos. Read the full article at Forbes.

Here are four false assumptions that a lot of people in their 30s make—and ways to help them to stay on the right track for retirement. Read the full article at Forbes.

Exercise can be as effective as many frequently prescribed drugs in treating some of the leading causes of death, according to a new report. The study raises important questions about whether our health care system focuses too much on medications and too little on activity to combat physical ailments. Read the full article at The […]

Detroit and Illinois aren’t the only ones stealing earned benefits. The idea is to avoid tax hikes and service cuts. Read more at Salon.

Leading countries set a goal of finding a cure or effective treatment for dementia by 2025 on Wednesday and ministers said the world needed to fight the spread of the memory-robbing condition just as it fought AIDS. Read the full article at Reuters.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said the government’s ambition is to double public, commercial and charitable spending on research and development into dementia by 2025. Read the full article at Bloomberg.