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Article: From diabetes to dementia: your blood-sugar level may be a sign of more than diabetes. Growing evidence suggests a link between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.
- Article from:
- Men's Health Advisor
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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If you have diabetes, you know how important it is to keep your blood sugar under control. Unhealthy blood-sugar levels can lead to a number of serious conditions, including heart disease, nerve damage, blindness and even kidney failure.
But, type 2 diabetes also may affect your mind and memory.
Medical evidence continues to link type 2 diabetes to Alzheimer's disease, an incurable disorder of the brain that gradually causes memory loss, learning problems and poor functioning. Studies have shown that people with type 2 diabetes have up to a 65 percent higher risk of Alzheimer's disease than non-diabetics. Even when type 2 diabetics are not diagnosed with ...