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Cognitive Dysfunction Linked With Poor Diabetes Control in Elderly

Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Elderly diabetics with poor glucose control have a high prevalence of undiagnosed cognitive dysfunction, depression and functional disabilities.

Poor Glycemic Control Increases Diabetics' Risk of Dementia

Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006

Diabetic patients with HbA1c levels that are well out of control are driving down the road towards dementia.

Diabetes Treatment Benefits Dementia

Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006

Diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions appear to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, but drugs that help regulate blood sugar may help patients with dementia as well, researchers report.

Glucose Metabolism in the Brain Accurately Predicts Alzheimer’s

Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2005

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of glucose metabolism in the brain can accurately predict which patients with mild cognitive impairment will progress to full-blown Alzheimer's dementia. PET proved more accurate than screening for genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's,

Obesity in Middle Age Associated With Increased Risk of Future Dementia

Posted: Thursday, May 05, 2005

Risk of dementia was increased by 74% in obese people, and by 35% in overweight people

Diabetes in Midlife Linked to Later Dementia

Posted: Thursday, December 09, 2004

Middle-aged people with diabetes are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia in old age than people without diabetes.

Obesity May Lead to Brain Loss

Posted: Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Swedish researchers found that women who were obese throughout their adult lives were more likely to lose brain tissue, a condition known as brain atrophy that has been linked to impaired brain function and dementia.

Diabetes Increases Risk of Dementia

Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Diabetes increases the risk of dementia, especially vascular dementia, in the elderly, according to new data from the Kungsholmen Project, a community-based longitudinal study on aging and dementia.

The hazard ratios for dementia and vascular dementia were even higher in patients taking oral antidiabetic agents.

Possible Mechanism For Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease Discovered

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004

For some time, researchers have known that people with diabetes have a greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia than those without diabetes, but the exact cause of this link has not been known. A new study suggests that insulin resistance in brain cells can affect how they function, causing some of the biochemical changes typically seen in Alzheimer's disease.