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Tue Dec 29, 2015 Related: HEALTH
[h=1]Type 2 diabetes increases dementia risk[/h]
(Reuters Health) ? - People with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk for dementia in general. And for one form, called vascular dementia, diabetes brings more risk to women than men, according to a new review.
The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer?s disease, which is non-vascular, said senior author Rachel R. Huxley of Curtin University in Perth, Australia.
Nonvascular means it's not related to problems with blood vessels.
?In Alzheimer?s disease, nerve cells throughout the brain die off, and abnormal proteins accumulate in the brain for reasons not entirely known,? Huxley said. ?Vascular dementia, in contrast, is the result of impaired blood flow to the brain, usually by a series of small, imperceptible strokes.?
Diabetes in women seems to confer more risk for other conditions as well, Huxley said.
?These findings add to the evidence that diabetes confers a greater vascular hazard in women compared with men,? Huxley told Reuters Health by email. ?Diabetes confers a greater risk of developing heart disease, stroke and now vascular dementia in women compared with men.?
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[h=1]Type 2 diabetes increases dementia risk[/h]
(Reuters Health) ? - People with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk for dementia in general. And for one form, called vascular dementia, diabetes brings more risk to women than men, according to a new review.
The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer?s disease, which is non-vascular, said senior author Rachel R. Huxley of Curtin University in Perth, Australia.
Nonvascular means it's not related to problems with blood vessels.
?In Alzheimer?s disease, nerve cells throughout the brain die off, and abnormal proteins accumulate in the brain for reasons not entirely known,? Huxley said. ?Vascular dementia, in contrast, is the result of impaired blood flow to the brain, usually by a series of small, imperceptible strokes.?
Diabetes in women seems to confer more risk for other conditions as well, Huxley said.
?These findings add to the evidence that diabetes confers a greater vascular hazard in women compared with men,? Huxley told Reuters Health by email. ?Diabetes confers a greater risk of developing heart disease, stroke and now vascular dementia in women compared with men.?
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