Individuals with Type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease because they are more likely to develop plaques in the brain associated with Azheimer’s, says a new report published in the medical journal Neurology , issued August 25th, 2010. Insulin resistance is one stage before diabetes, when insulin becomes less effective in reducing blood sugar levels.
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Individuals who take insulin for diabetes are at a greater risk of developing cancer‚ Danish researchers say‚ although they cannot yet explain this association.
The study, to be presented next month in Stockholm at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes’ annual conference‚ found that patients on insulin are 50 percent more likely to develop cancer compared with the general population. The researchers, taking data from (more…)
Improved standards of living and better hygiene may be to blame for rising rates of type-1 diabetes.
A new population-based study shows children hospitalized with a type-1 diagnosis less likely to have three or more older siblings, suggesting that improvements in hygiene and living conditions resulted in fewer early-life infections, according to a summary at MedPage Today. Without these immune system challenges, the children may have (more…)