Alzheimer’s

A compact fiber-optic probe developed for the space program has now proven valuable for patients in the clinic as the first non-invasive early detection device for cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss worldwide.

Researchers said the effects can be seen even when levels of blood sugar, or glucose, are only moderately elevated, a finding that may help explain normal age-related cognitive decline, since glucose regulation worsens with age.

Fish intake lowered the risk for macroalbuminuria and kidney disease in patients with diabetes, according to the results of a cross-sectional study.

They’re more than twice as likely to die sooner, study finds. Having diabetes or high blood pressure may hasten the death of people with Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests.

Impaired insulin response in midlife is associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) up to 35 years later, Swedish researchers report.

In a postmortem study of patients who had Alzheimer’s disease, those who also had diabetes and were treated with insulin and oral hypoglycemic drugs had lower densities of neural plaques in the brain, a hallmark of this dementia, than did other diabetics or those without diabetes, new research shows.

Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.

Diabetics who take insulin plus a sulfonylurea diabetes pill have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than diabetics who take insulin alone, researchers said.

A drug that fights aging and halts the onset of diabetes, cancer and heart disease, may hit market shelves in another five years, claim researchers.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who eat high-fat meals may experience memory declines immediately afterward, but this can be offset by taking antioxidant vitamins with the meal, according to new research.