Type 2 diabetes reduces brain functioning: Study

The two-year research which followed 880 people aged between 70 and 90 also found maintaining stable blood sugars reduces the risk. Study leader Katherine Samaras said it was a breakthrough. “It’s not necessarily related to a duration effect of diabetes,”Samaras said.

“Even if you’ve reached your mid 70s or early 80s and you haven’t got diabetes,if you’re pre-diabetec,you probably should be doing everything to prevent getting diabetes because we think that that may actually halt that cognitive decline that we are seeing,” she said.