Diabetes linked to dementia

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Mon, 03/16/2009 - 23:28

WASHINGTON -- You've heard that diabetes hurts your heart, your eyes, your kidneys. New research indicates a more ominous link: That diabetes increases the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and may speed dementia once it strikes.


 

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