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Diabetes and Parkinson’s Link? Smilecast 187

Diabetes and Parkinson’s Disease Link Possible People with type 2 diabetes may have an increased risk of having a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease later in life, according to a large study published in the online issue of Neurology®. In addition, the risk between diabetes and Parkinson’s may be higher for...

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V-Log Diabetes and Parkinson’s Link?

Diabetes and Parkinson’s Disease Link Possible People with type 2 diabetes may have an increased risk of having a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease later in life, according to a large study published in the online issue of Neurology®. In addition, the risk between diabetes and Parkinson’s may be higher for...

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Diabetes and Parkinson’s Link?

Diabetes and Parkinson’s Disease Link Possible People with type 2 diabetes may have an increased risk of having a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease later in life, according to a large study published in the online issue of Neurology®. In addition, the risk between diabetes and Parkinson’s may be higher for...

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Depression, Diabetes Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia

Depression, Diabetes Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia People with depression and/or type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk for dementia and that risk is even greater among individuals diagnosed with both, according to an article published by JAMA Psychiatry. As many as 20 percent of people with type...

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Half U.S. Adults Have Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes

Half U.S. Adults Have Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes In 2011-2012, the estimated prevalence of diabetes among U.S. adults was 12 percent to 14 percent and the prevalence of pre-diabetes was 37 percent to 38 percent, indicating that about half of the U.S. adult population has either diabetes or pre-diabetes, according to...

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People with Type 2 Diabetes at Double the Risk for Alzheimer’s

People with Type 2 Diabetes at Double the Risk for Alzheimer’s Diabetes may be linked to the buildup of tangles or tau in the brain, separate from Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease, according to a new study published in the online version of Neurologyå¨, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology....

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Depression, Diabetes Associated with Increased Dementia Risk

Depression, Diabetes Associated with Increased Dementia Risk Depression and type 2 diabetes were each associated with an increased risk for dementia and that risk was even greater among individuals diagnosed with both depression and diabetes compared with people who had neither condition, according to an article published online by JAMA...

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Living with Diabetes – It Can be Blessing!

The following is a guest post from Jerry Munden. Jerry has served as Vice President of a major diabetes manufacturing company, is an active participant with the North Carolina Diabetes Advisory Council, Volunteers with the Centralina Agency on Aging as a Diabetes Health Coach, is a member of the HTAG...

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