This story from the New York Times about a recently discovered potential treatment for early Alzheimer’s almost sounds like science fiction. Apparently, researchers have found that a squirt of insulin deep into an individual’s nasal passages, so it travels to the brain, can keep early Alzheimer’s at bay.

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Boomers go back to school

Did you know that the number of 40 to 60 college students is almost 2 million? That’s a 20 percent jump during the past decade.