Senior Housing News November 26, 2024
People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at a younger age could be at a higher risk of developing dementia than those diagnosed later in life.
That’s according to a recent study by researchers at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing published in PLOS One.
“Our study suggests that there may be cognitive consequences to earlier onset type 2 diabetes, and it points to the need for strategies to prevent dementia that consider both diabetes and obesity,” said Xiang Qi, assistant professor at NYU Meyers and the study’s first author.
Type 2 diabetes is a known risk factor for developing dementia, but the underlying dynamics are not yet understood. But markers for diabetes including high blood pressure, insulin resistance and...
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