Alzheimer’s

Older adults with diabetes, who have high blood pressure, walk slowly or lose their balance, or believe they’re in bad health, are significantly more likely to have weaker memory and slower, more rigid cognitive processing than those without these problems, according to a new study…

Rising numbers of people who are resistant to insulin or who have Type 2 diabetes may also have an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease according to a new study…

Vascular disease, which affects blood flow in brain vessels, appears to be a common cause of dementia in some people with diabetes, new study findings suggest….  

Dr. Mike Lawrence from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Melbourne, Australia) has determined the structure of a previously unseen part of the insulin receptor, making possible new treatments for diabetes….

Diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia and the risk is stronger when diabetes occurs at mid-life than in late life according to university researchers in Sweden….

Some older people with mild memory-loss are three times more likely to develop dementia if they also have diabetes….

Researchers found that older people with memory loss are three times more likely to develop dementia if they also have diabetes.

Older adults who used the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba for several years did not have a slower rate of cognitive decline compared to adults who received placebo, according to a new study.

Cells in your body are constantly churning out poisonous forms of oxygen (oxidants) and mopping them up with a countervailing force of proteins and chemicals (anti-oxidants). This balancing act of oxidative stress is particularly likely to go haywire in beta cells, the insulin-producing cells that malfunction and then start to die …

French study suggesting delayed progression gets guarded response from U.S. experts.