Alzheimer’s

Moderately high insulin levels are associated with increased levels of inflammatory markers and beta-amyloid in cerebrospinal fluid, suggesting a causal link between hyperinsulinemia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Folate may offer extra protection against stroke, on top of reducing levels of an amino acid related to the incident.

French researchers have identified a gene associated with increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes in children and adults.

Hyperlipidemic subjects were 43% more likely to have dementia than normolipidemic subjects.

Vitamin E Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Failure

Discovery that insulin is produced in the brain and it’s decrease raises possibility of Type 3 diabetes linked to Alzheimer’s Disease and changes the way we view the disease.

DHEA-S (Serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate) concentrations correlate inversely with urinary albumin excretion in men with type 2 diabetes.

New U.S. Bill Recognizes that Chromium Supplementation May Benefit Native American and Pediatric Populations

The risk of Alzheimer’s disease is increased in people with diabetes, who are “resistant” to the effects of insulin and therefore develop high blood glucose levels.

Middle-aged people with diabetes are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia in old age than people without diabetes.