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At the time of the Health and Retirement Study, all participants had type 2 diabetes and no dementia diagnosis. Type 2 diabetes ages for participants were grouped by before age 50, between ages 50 ...
An anti-inflammatory diet reduced the risk of dementia by 31% in people even if they had type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke, according to a new study.
Some drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes could also help lower a person’s risk of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. Image credit: martin-dm/Getty Images.
Type 3 diabetes is a proposed pathological linkage between Alzheimer's disease and certain features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. [1] Specifically, the term refers to a set of common biochemical and metabolic features seen in the brain in Alzheimer's disease, and in other tissues in diabetes; [1] [2] it may thus be considered a "brain-specific type of diabetes."
One prime example is calcium channel obstruction in the brain and dementia. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that subclinical cases in older adults will typically progress toward dementia, [ 83 ] a large number of studies in Italy and Spain have documented earlier onset cases, though the autoimmune condition is not ...
Childhood dementia is very often diagnosed late, misdiagnosed, or not diagnosed at all. [9] A correct diagnosis happens, on average, 2 years or more after symptoms become apparent. Additionally, children affected by childhood dementia are often misdiagnosed with: Autism [16] [9] [17] Developmental or intellectual delay [16] [9] ADHD [9] Others [9]
Dementia is a common issue for older adults with diabetes and research shows that people with diabetes are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias than those without diabetes.
The term senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) was used for a time to describe the condition in those over 65, with classical Alzheimer's disease being used to describe those who were younger. Eventually, the term Alzheimer's disease was formally adopted in medical nomenclature to describe individuals of all ages with a characteristic ...