Having type 2 diabetes in middle age could double dementia risk, study finds
3 years, 7 months ago

Having type 2 diabetes in middle age could double dementia risk, study finds

Daily Mail  

Almost 5million people in the UK have diabetes and around 1m have dementia Too much or too little blood sugar can damage the brain early on, experts said People who develop type 2 diabetes before they turn 60 could double their risk of developing dementia in old age, a study has claimed. Experts said that too much or too little glucose being transported to the brain in the blood stream could cause damage to blood vessels and nerves that may later raise the risk of dementia developing Type 2 diabetes is one of the biggest medical challenges faced by the NHS in Britain, with millions of people requiring treatment for the condition, costing around £10billion per year. The Université de Paris researchers, led by Dr Archana Sing-Manoux said: 'The precise mechanisms underlying the association between type 2 diabetes and dementia remain unclear.' Researchers led by Dr Archana Sing-Manoux said: 'The precise mechanisms underlying the association between type 2 diabetes and dementia remain unclear.

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Dementia may arrive a decade earlier in men at high risk for heart disease, study finds
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Dementia may arrive a decade earlier in men at high risk for heart disease, study finds

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Eat, But Better: Mediterranean Style. “Modifying cardiovascular risk may prevent Alzheimer’s disease,” said Edison, who is also the head of the Memory Research Centre at Imperial College London. “Our results suggest that this should be done a decade earlier in males than in females irrespective of whether they carry the risk genes for Alzheimer’s disease.” The …

Common diabetes drug may lower dementia risk, study in Korea shows
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Common diabetes drug may lower dementia risk, study in Korea shows

The Hindu  

A common diabetes drug could prevent dementia, with longer treatment being related to more benefits, a study in Korea has suggested. In over two lakh adults aged 40-69 years with type 2 diabetes, researchers found a 35 per cent reduced risk of dementia associated with taking a class of drugs known as sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors or SGLT-2 inhibitors, …

Diabetes drug ‘may lower risk of developing dementia’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Diabetes drug ‘may lower risk of developing dementia’

The Independent  

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Is obesity raising your risk of dementia?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Is obesity raising your risk of dementia?

Firstpost  

Obesity damages the tiny vessels supplying blood to the brain, and is a major cause of high blood pressure, diabetes and chronic inflammation, all of which have been repeatedly linked to dementia risk Although there was a clear association between higher levels of obesity and lower cognitive skills in midlife, this probably wasn’t because one was causing the other. And …

How to avoid dementia: Scientists’s seven healthy habits that could help cut risk
1 year, 9 months ago

How to avoid dementia: Scientists’s seven healthy habits that could help cut risk

The Independent  

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Women and smokers at highest risk of dying early from type 2 diabetes
2 years, 3 months ago

Women and smokers at highest risk of dying early from type 2 diabetes

The Independent  

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Did You Know Type 2 Diabetes Can Cause Dementia and Alzheimer’s?
2 years, 3 months ago

Did You Know Type 2 Diabetes Can Cause Dementia and Alzheimer’s?

News 18  

Diabetes can affect people of all ages. People with Type 2 diabetes are twice likely to get dementia as compared to other people. A report by the National Institute of Aging revealed that the risk of dementia increases due to diabetes in young people. A recent study has revealed that people between the age of 65 and 70 with type …

7 Healthy Steps To Reduce Risk Of Dementia In People With Type 2 Diabetes
2 years, 3 months ago

7 Healthy Steps To Reduce Risk Of Dementia In People With Type 2 Diabetes

News 18  

Every participant was scored on a scale of zero to seven, wherein they were awarded one point for following a healthy habit. Healthy lifestyle changes can help in reducing the risk of developing dementia among the people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Yingli Lu of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China, who authored the …

7 lifestyle habits to reduce risk of dementia in people with diabetes
2 years, 3 months ago

7 lifestyle habits to reduce risk of dementia in people with diabetes

Hindustan Times  

In adults with type 2 diabetes, a combination of seven healthy lifestyle habits, including sleeping seven to nine hours per day, exercising regularly, and having frequent social interaction, was related with a decreased risk of dementia. "We investigated whether a broad combination of healthy lifestyle habits could offset that dementia risk and found that people with diabetes who incorporated seven …

Does your lifestyle increase your risk of Dementia
2 years, 5 months ago

Does your lifestyle increase your risk of Dementia

Live Mint  

A recent Baycrest research found that adults without dementia risk factors like smoking, diabetes, or hearing loss had the brain health of someone up to 10 to 20 years younger than them. This is crucial as it means risk factors can and should be addressed as early as possible," says Dr Nicole Anderson, Senior Scientist at the RRI, Associate Scientific …

Diabetes and cardiovascular disease increase dementia risk, study finds
2 years, 6 months ago

Diabetes and cardiovascular disease increase dementia risk, study finds

The Independent  

People with at least two of the diseases type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke have double the risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. Those who are living with more than one of the conditions, known as cardiometabolic diseases, showed an accelerated speed of cognitive decline and double the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia, expediting their …

Physical inactivity and midlife obesity are both tied to increased risk of developing Alzheimer's
2 years, 7 months ago

Physical inactivity and midlife obesity are both tied to increased risk of developing Alzheimer's

Daily Mail  

America's obesity problem may translate into larger issues down the line, as a new study finds that being overweight and living a sedentary lifestyle can put someone at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles and UC San Francisco found that a person who suffers from midlife obesity is at an 18 percent …

Research: Individuals with diabetes, cognitive decline can be at higher heart disease risk
2 years, 8 months ago

Research: Individuals with diabetes, cognitive decline can be at higher heart disease risk

Hindustan Times  

According to a new study, people with type 2 diabetes who have cognitive impairment could be at greater risk for stroke, heart attack or death than other individuals with diabetes. Individuals with diabetes, cognitive decline can be at higher heart disease risk The findings were published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. "Our study found low …

People living with dementia in India will triple to 11 million by 2050, says report
2 years, 11 months ago

People living with dementia in India will triple to 11 million by 2050, says report

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: By 2050, 11.44 million people in India are expected to be living with dementia, which is up from 3.84 million in 2019, according to the Global Burden of Disease study published in the Lancet Public Health on Friday. “India’s burden would be much higher than what the Global Burden of Disease data shows,” said Dr Neeraj Jain, a neurology …

Some diabetic drugs can reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease: Study
3 years, 4 months ago

Some diabetic drugs can reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease: Study

Hindustan Times  

A new study has found that people taking certain drugs to lower blood sugar for type 2 diabetes had less amyloid in the brain, a biomarker of Alzheimer's disease. The study also found people taking these drugs, called dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, showed slower cognitive decline than people in the other two groups. "People with diabetes have been shown to have …

Global Dementia to Grow Three-fold, 152 Million Cases by 2050: Study
3 years, 4 months ago

Global Dementia to Grow Three-fold, 152 Million Cases by 2050: Study

News 18  

Researchers from the University of Washington have predicted that the global count of cases of Dementia will increase three-fold and reach around 152 million by the year 2050. Based on the trends like smoking and high Body Mass Index, which are considered to be Dementia’s risk factors, the estimation noted that the cases will increase from 57.7 million cases in …

Lifetime risk of diabetes in metropolitan cities is alarming, warns study
4 years ago

Lifetime risk of diabetes in metropolitan cities is alarming, warns study

The Hindu  

Disturbing new research published in Diabetologia shows that more than half of men and some two thirds of women aged 20 years in India will likely develop diabetes, with most of those cases likely to be type 2 diabetes. The research titled “Lifetime risk of diabetes in metropolitan cities in India,’’ was done by a team of authors in India, …

Elderly less at risk for dementia than decade ago, Dutch researchers say
4 years, 4 months ago

Elderly less at risk for dementia than decade ago, Dutch researchers say

NL Times  

Thanks to better healthcare and lifestyle factors, the elderly people of today are less at risk of dementia than the elderly of a decade ago, according to a large international study led by Erasmus MC in Rotterdam and the Harvard School of Public Health. In the previous twenty years, the risk of dementia also decreased by around 13 percent every …

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