What Doctors Don't Tell YouDiabetes has been associated with a range of more serious conditions, such as heart disease, stroke and even blindness. But researchers are beginning to think it could also lead to Alzheimer’s disease and to a general decline in cognitive functions.
Researchers found that those who had diabetes were also 65 per cent more likely to develop Alzheimer’s. Diabetes was also associated with a deterioration of memory, cognition, speech memory, working memory and visual-spatial skills.
The research team followed 824 Catholic priests and nuns (don’t ask why) for nine years, 127 of whom had diabetes and 151 went on to develop Alzheimer’s.
Daniel Redwood DC
Tom Ferguson MD
