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Diabetes and Alzheimer's, quite the combo if true.

• wtetzner 4y ago
  Some researchers have started calling Alzheimer's "Type 3 Diabetes".
  • exfatloss 4y ago
    Anecdata, but haven't people with dementia (not just Alzheimer's) been found to have very strong sugar cravings too? I've heard the term "Diabetes of the brain" for it.
• shagie 4y ago
  The link has been an area of study for a while. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-is-alzheimers-type-3-diabetes/ https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-mi... https://www.alz.org/media/documents/alzheimers-dementia-diabetes-cognitive-decline-ts.pdf https://www.alz.org/media/documents/alzheimers-dementia-diab... https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/whats-the-relationship-between-diabetes-and-dementia-202107122546 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/whats-the-relationship-b... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246646/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246646/