Type 3 Diabetes.....Alzheimer's?

Just in case you need another reason to cut back on junk food, it now turns out that Alzheimer’s could well be a form of diet-induced diabetes. That’s the bad news. The good news is that laying off soda, doughnuts, processed meats and fries could allow you to keep your mind intact until your body fails...

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How Are Alzheimer's Disease And Diabetes Linked?

An experiment has shown that diabetes is associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease. The finding, published online in this week's issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, is a collaboration between researchers from New Jersey's University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ) and researchers from...

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Adult Stem Cells From Bone Marrow

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Maryland report promising results from using adult stem cells from bone marrow in mice to help create tissue cells of other organs, such as the heart, brain and pancreas - a scientific step they hope may lead to potential new ways to replace cells lost in diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's. The research in collaboration with...

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Gene May Link Diabetes and Alzheimer's

  In recent years it became clear that people with diabetes face an ominous prospect -- a far greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Now researchers at The City College of New York (CCNY) have shed light on one reason why. Biology Professor Chris Li and her colleagues have discovered...

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