Diabetes linked to cognitive decline in seniors

ReutersPublished: Friday, June 27, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults with type 2 diabetes may have a steeper mental decline as they age, a large study suggests.
Diabetes is known to raise the risk of a number of major health problems, including heart disease and kidney failure. More recently, studies have also linked diabetes to speedier mental decline and dementia in older adults.
These latest findings, published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society, confirm those earlier reports -- and suggest that the longer a person has had diabetes, the more substantial the cognitive decline over time.

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MDs call for diabetes strategy as prevalence skyrockets

The prevalence of diabetes in Canada has rocketed beyond all expectations, a national policy summit on the impact of diabetes complications heard yesterday.
"We have already blown out the estimates," Dr. Stewart Harris, a University of Western Ontario medical professor, told the conference, which attracted about 150 doctors and other health professionals and representatives from health and aboriginal organizations to Ottawa.

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