Alzheimer’s

In a new report, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found a gene that may be involved in the link between Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Previous research has found that healthy elderly people with Type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but …

Among patients with incident Alzheimer’s disease, total and LDL cholesterol concentrations before diagnosis and a history of diabetes are associated with faster cognitive decline. Specifically, each 10-mg/dL increase in total cholesterol or LDL-C concentration was associated with an additional …

Metformin beta-amyloid effect raises Alzheimer’s concerns. Diabetes is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but a new study of metformin suggests that diabetes treatments might bear some of the blame.

More than half of Americans fear developing diabetes, but many continue the unhealthy behaviors that boost their odds of getting the blood sugar disease, a new survey shows.

The results are in and both coffee and chocolate have health benefits, but to what extent?

A rise in blood sugar levels causes poorer brain function in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a study that included nearly 3,000 people aged 55 and older at 52 sites in Canada and the United States.

Diabetes increases the risk for dementia, including vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), by 125%, especially if onset is in midlife, a population-based study suggests.

People diagnosed with diabetes before the age of 65 are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, according to the results of a new study.

Individuals with the metabolic syndrome, which is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, and diabetes may also have an increased risk of vascular dementia, but not Alzheimer’s disease.

Physical exercise could improve memory via glucose-lowering. Maintaining blood glucose levels, even in the absence of diabetes, may be an important strategy for preserving age-related memory and cognitive health.