Re: sugar = sugar diabetes = alzheimers

On 17 Jul 2006 13:51:52 -0700, "TC" <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=47452

Raised Blood Sugar May Increase Alzheimer's Risk
Main Category: Alzheimer's News
Article Date: 17 Jul 2006 - 10:00am (PDT)
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If you have raised blood sugar levels your chances of developing
Alzheimer's disease are higher, say researchers from the Karolinska
Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Researchers presented their finding yesterday at the Alzheimer's
Conference, Madird, Spain. The study looked at over 1,173 people, aged
75 - some of whom had developed dementia, while others had not.

Previous studies have identified an association between diabetes type 2
and Alzheimer's risk. In this study, the researchers sought to examine
the hypothesis that borderline diabetes mellitus (pre-diabetes) is a
risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer disease.

This new research indicates the risk is also there for people who have
raised blood sugar levels, but have not yet developed diabetes type 2 -
people with pre-diabetes. The link is stronger if the person has
pre-diabetes together with severe systolic hypertension (high blood
pressure).

Many more people have pre-diabetes than those with diabetes type 2. In
the USA 14.6 million people have diabetes, while it is estimated that
about 41 million are in the pre-diabetes category.

The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is expected to increase as people
live longer and more people develop diabetes over the coming decades.
According to the findings of this new research, Alzheimer's rates may
go up even faster than was previously thought.

BORDERLINE DIABETES MELLITUS AND RISK OF DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER
DISEASE: A POPULATION-BASED LONGITUDINAL STUDY
Weili Xu, Chengxuan Qiu, Bengt Winblad, Laura Fratiglioni, Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Alzheimer's Conference, Madird, Spain.

Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today

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TC

What is sugar diabetes exactly? Is this a new disease you have
discovered?
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