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Diabetes Linked with Onset of Alzheimer's

Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2007

Doctors in the United States have raised concerns that there could be a connection between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

American researchers have found evidence that diabetes can slow down the brain, and diabetics are 65 per cent more likely to develop Alzheimer's than people with normal blood sugar levels. Doctors are still trying to understand the connection, but they know that diabetic cells reject insulin.

Their theories suggest that perhaps brain cells in diabetics behave the same way, for instance the neurons in the brain also are unable to use insulin properly. With increasing levels of diabetics worldwide, the number of people with Alzheimer's could become devastating.

Doctors remain hopeful that a category of diabetes drugs called Glitazones may delay the development of Alzheimer's. Diabetics taking Glitazones had almost a 20 per cent lower risk of Alzheimer's over a period of 6 years.

Source: Diabetes In Control