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Diabetes Notes

May 3rd, 2008

Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes link explained

We have all read the recent studies linking diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Diabetics have an over 35% higher chance of developing Alzheimer’s then non-diabetics. That is a huge finding.
Now researchers have discovered why this occurs.
Neurobiology of Aging, investigators led by David R. Schubert, Ph.D., professor in the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, report that the blood […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

September 27th, 2007

Alzheimer’s Disease Coined “Type 3 Diabetes”?

Now scientists at Northwestern University have discovered why brain insulin signaling — crucial for memory formation — would stop working in Alzheimer’s disease. They have shown that a toxic protein found in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer’s removes insulin receptors from nerve cells, rendering those neurons insulin resistant. (The protein, known to attack memory-forming […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 6 comments

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