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The number of African-Americans with diabetes has skyrocketed over the past two decades, and what researchers are still learning about
the disease, and its impact, is stunning. According to new research, published by the New York Times, diabetes impacts the brain as well as the body:
…..elderly men and women with diabetes — primarily Type 2, the form of the disease related to obesity and inactivity — had greater drops in cognitive test scores than other people of a similar age. The more poorly managed their disease, the greater the deterioration in mental function. And the declines were seen not just in those with advanced diabetes. The researchers found that people who did not have diabetes at the start of the study but developed it later on also deteriorated to a greater extent than those without the disease.
“What we’ve shown is a clear association with diabetes and cognitive aging in terms of the slope and the rate of decline on these cognitive tests,” said Dr. Kristine Yaffe, a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. “That’s very powerful.”
Researchers aren’t clear as to why there’s a correlation between memory loss and diabetes, but the fact that the two are related is evident.
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Derrick
June 20, 2012 at 2:49 pm
Why are Black people the #1 culture when it comes to having dis-eases? There is a medical report that says Blacks are the #1 carriers of gnorreah. This dis-ease is no longer CURABLE and it claims Blacks will be the people most affected by this dis-ease!
How can we be the #1 carriers of ALL dis-eases, while we are only 20-30% of the u.s. population?
WE ARE BEING GENETICALLY MURDERED by this racist government called ‘willie lynch.’ The food, water and pills are killing us, along with these mad white scientist!!!
WAKE UP!
Derrick
June 20, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Why are Black people the #1 culture when it comes to having dis-eases? There is a medical report that says Blacks are the #1 carriers of gnorreah. This dis-ease is no longer CURABLE and it claims Blacks will be the people most affected by this dis-ease!
How can we be the #1 carriers of ALL dis-eases, while we are only 20% of the u.s. population?
WE ARE BEING GENETICALLY MURDERED by this racist government called ‘willie lynch.’ The food, water and pills are killing us, along with these mad white scientist!!!
WAKE UP!
Mr run it
June 27, 2012 at 4:56 pm
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