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Alzheimer's Could Be a Third Form of Diabetes

Posted by kdawson on from the i-forget-why dept.

Atzanteol writes "Insulin, it turns out, may be as important for the mind as it is for the body. Research in the last few years has raised the possibility that Alzheimer's memory loss could be due to a novel third form of diabetes. Scientists at Northwestern University have discovered why brain insulin signaling — crucial for memory formation — would stop working in Alzheimer's disease."

2 of 251 comments (clear)

  1. First ? by deniable · · Score: 5, Funny

    What was I doing?

  2. Re:I hope not... I'm getting tired of diabetes new by suv4x4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a developer and student, I consume eight liters of Mountain Dew a day and I have no diabetes problems.

    You're not a developer and student, that was 60 years ago. It's now 2067.