Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer's Brain 'Tangles'
Obesity might also be behind the increase, researchers say
By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- People with type 2 diabetes may be more prone to developing the brain "tangles" associated with Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.
The study found that people with type 2 diabetes had a greater accumulation of brain tangles -- even if they were free of dementia or milder problems with memory and thinking.
The findings, reported Sept. 2 in the journal Neurology, hint at one explanation for why people with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
That is, type 2 diabetes may cause brain abnormalities that pile on to other degenerative changes that ultimately lead to dementia, explained study senior researcher Dr. Velandai Srikanth, a geriatrician at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Read on...
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