Does diabetes -- or poorly-controlled diabetes -- lead to dementia?

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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I just read an OMG news story. That is to say, my initial reaction was "oh, my g-d, that's scary!" In the story, the writer indicates that "people who are diagnosed with diabetes before age 65 have more than double the chance of developing Alzheimer's disease." After reading the abstract of the stud...

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Gretchen Becker
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 at 10:38 AM

Right on!

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Gracie
Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 07:03 PM

It's things like that that make people say "Why bother to control my diabetes? I'm going to get __________ anyway" and give up & not control it. If only they'd so studies and give ALL the data, but then that might not support their theroy.

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G

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Gretchen Becker
Sunday, February 08, 2009 at 04:44 PM

I think the link is insulin resistance. People with type 2 who have IR in liver and muscle probably also have IR in the brain, and it's the IR that lowers the response to insulin and causes the dementia. Nasal insulin (which gets into the brain) seems to help people with Alzheimer's.

Here is one of many links to "insulin resistance" and "Alzheimer's."

However, that doesn't mean that dementia is inevitable if you have IR. I agree that controlling BG undoubtedly reduces your risk.

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Chad
Monday, February 16, 2009 at 02:54 PM

I have never really heard of any connection but it seems like it makes sense and is scary as was mentioned before.

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