diabetes

Manage Your Blood Sugar to Reduce Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Risks

2016-10-22T09:08:18+00:00

Two serious healthcare trends – the soaring rates of 1) Type 2 diabetes and 2) dementia – have biological factors in common, which scientists are beginning to believe is more than coincidental. An estimated 10% of dementia cases may be attributable to diabetes and, according to researchers knowledgeable on the relationship between the diseases, treating [...]

Manage Your Blood Sugar to Reduce Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Risks2016-10-22T09:08:18+00:00

Diabetes and Other Metabolic Disorders Can Be Linked To Alzheimer’s

2016-10-22T09:07:39+00:00

Okay, this one hits home. I was recently told I have Metabolic Syndrome.....Yikes.....I have had a cloudy head for months if not a year or more and maybe this is the answer. As a memory guy or memory speaker this is probably the worst condition to have and for the non memory guy not good [...]

Diabetes and Other Metabolic Disorders Can Be Linked To Alzheimer’s2016-10-22T09:07:39+00:00

Regulating Sugar Levels Can Stave Off Mental Decline

2016-10-22T09:07:00+00:00

Older type-2 diabetes patients are at greater risk of cognitive impairment than their non-diabetic counterparts. They also are at a higher risk of brain atrophy, so control of the insulin levels is key to normal brain performance, and reduced levels of insulin could contribute to dementia progression, including Alzheimer’s disease. The ACCORD trial, after 40 [...]

Regulating Sugar Levels Can Stave Off Mental Decline2016-10-22T09:07:00+00:00