Link of Diabetes, Alzheimer's Bolstered

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What I find interesting is that so many of these diseases are linked i.e.

the same things that fight cancer also fight heart disease. Here's another

link between 2 nasties:

Diabetes may significantly increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's, a

study of 824 nuns, priests and Catholic brothers found, bolstering the

evidence linking the two diseases.

The participants in the study were 55 and older when the research began

and were followed for an average of about six years. The researchers

calculated that diabetics faced a 65 percent increased risk of developing

the mind-robbing disease.

The link remained strong even when the researchers factored in the

prevalence of strokes.

Previous research has linked diabetes with memory problems, and

diabetes is known to damage blood vessels that supply the brain. But

studies looking specifically at diabetes and Alzheimer's have had

conflicting results.

The study was led by Zoe Arvanitakis and and colleagues

at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. It was published

yesterday in the May issue of Archives of Neurology.