on Jul 17th, 2006Alzheimer’s Disease and Diabetes Body Tango
Aside from the bleak feature due to global warming, there’s more bad news about the upsurge in diabetes case: diabetes may be a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease.
Several new studies suggest that diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, adding to a store of evidence that links the disorders. The studies involve only Type 2 diabetes, the most common kind, which is usually related to obesity.
The connection raises an ominous prospect: that increases in diabetes, a major concern in the United States and worldwide, may worsen the rising toll from Alzheimer’s. The findings also add dementia to the cloud of threats that already hang over people with diabetes, including heart disease, strokes, kidney failure, blindness and amputations.
Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Deepens
By DENISE GRADY
New York Times, July 17, 2006