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Cocoa Can Boost Cognitive Function
Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
By improving glucose-insulin metabolism, regular consumption of cocoa flavonol may improve cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

New Evidence Links Alzheimer's and Diabetes
Posted: Saturday, March 31, 2012
An emerging body of research suggests that Alzheimer's disease may be linked to insulin resistance, constituting a third type of diabetes.

Retinopathy Can Signal Impending Cognitive Decline
Posted: Monday, March 26, 2012
In a group of healthy older women, retinopathy was associated with worsening cognitive function over 10 years and with larger ischemic lesion volumes on brain imaging.

FDA Adds Diabetes Warning to Statin Label
Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2012
The FDA said that all statins must carry warnings about increased risks of elevated blood sugar and possible transient memory and cognition problems, but at the same time the agency removed a standing recommendation for routine liver function tests for patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Decaffeinated Coffee Might Boost Brain Power for Type 2 Diabetes
Posted: Monday, February 13, 2012
Decaf coffee was found to improve glucose energy metabolism in the brain in mouse studies.

Intranasal Insulin Boosts Cognitive Function
Posted: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Pooled data suggest that intranasal insulin may have a positive effect on cognition in both impaired and normal subjects.

Memory is Altered in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes During Hypoglycemia
Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2012
Brain activation was increased and deactivation was decreased in type 1 diabetic versus control subjects during hypoglycemia.

Tight Control No Help for Cognitive Loss in Diabetes
Posted: Sunday, October 02, 2011
Tight glucose control won't mitigate the cognitive effects of type 2 diabetes, an ACCORD subanalysis found.

Factors Linked to Cognitive Deficits in Type 2 Diabetes
Posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Older adults with diabetes, who have high blood pressure, walk slowly or lose their balance, or believe they're in bad health, are significantly more likely to have weaker memory and slower, more rigid cognitive processing than those without these problems, according to a new study.

Teens with Type 2 Diabetes Have Brain Abnormalities
Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Obese adolescents with Type 2 diabetes have diminished cognitive performance and subtle abnormalities in the brain, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center found.

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