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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."

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  1. Re:Smoking? by Opportunist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You know, I would've had a terribly cynical joke related to the lack of chance to get it due to dying earlier, but I can't make it now without being modded redundant.

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  2. It is an interesting concept by thorkyl · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ohh crud, I forgot what I was going to say

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