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Article: HIGH BLOOD SUGAR, ALZHEIMER'S RISK LINKED.(Life and Arts)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- January 26, 2009
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Byline: BOB CONDORCOLUMNIST
WHILE MOST OF US might think "diabetes" when a doctor talks about high blood sugar, it appears that Alzheimer's disease and memory loss would be justifiable next thoughts. The first studies connecting elevated blood sugar levels and a higher risk of Alzheimer's surfaced in 2006. Since then, researchers have reached a well-shared view that type 2 diabetes raises the incidence of Alzheimer's. A new round of research published within the past month firms up the disturbing association.
What's more, a study presented by Swedish researchers at an international conference showed that simply experiencing higher-than-normal blood ...