Researchers finally know why people with diabetes are more
likely to get Alzheimer's disease. That alone would be big news.
The huge news is that we now know what we have to do to break
the link. Did you miss the growing number of reports in the past
few years about how those of us who have diabetes are more
likely to get Alzheimer's as we age? I can understand, because
until last year I ignored the evidence myself. We have enough on
our plate already without worrying about a possible complication
many years down the road that until now nobody knew how to
prevent anyway. Lately many of our diabetes journals are
reporting the link. For example, the January 2009 issue of
Diabetes Care reported the French Three-City Study of "Metabolic
Syndrome and Risk for Incident Alzheimer's Disease or Vascular
Dementia." The January 2009 issue of Diabetes reported the
results of a study of twins, finding that, "Diabetes increases
the risk of Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia." Cerebral
blood volume in a person with dia