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·May 18, 2025·5 min read

Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Brain Thinning

A new study reveals that type 2 diabetes is associated with thinning of the brain’s cortex in older adults, particularly in regions responsible for memory and cognition. Using brain scans from a diverse population sample, researchers found that poor blood sugar control may contribute to this structural brain change.

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·May 16, 2025·5 min read

Surprising Diabetes Fix Found in the Brain

New research reveals that hyperactivity in a specific set of brain cells, AgRP neurons in the hypothalamus, plays a key role in type 2 diabetes—independent of obesity. When these neurons were silenced in diabetic mice, blood sugar normalized for months, even without changes in weight or food intake. This challenges long-standing beliefs that obesity and insulin resistance are the sole drivers of diabetes.

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·May 7, 2025·5 min read

Low Blood Sugar Triggers Retinal Damage, Vision Loss

New research reveals that hypoglycemia may worsen diabetic retinopathy by breaking down the blood-retinal barrier. In diabetic mice, low blood sugar increased levels of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), a protein linked to abnormal blood vessel growth and leakage.

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·March 27, 2025·5 min read

Type 2 Diabetes Rewires the Brain Like Early Alzheimer’s

New research reveals that Type 2 diabetes may impair the brain’s reward and memory processing in ways that mirror early Alzheimer’s disease. The study focuses on the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a brain region responsible for motivation and emotional regulation, and its interaction with the hippocampus.

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·March 23, 2024·3 min read

Study Links Diet, Diabetes, and Alzheimer’s

A new study explores the molecular connections between Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s, supporting the notion of Alzheimer's as "Type 3 diabetes." This study finds that a high-fat diet suppresses a crucial gut protein, Jak3, leading to Alzheimer’s-like brain changes in mice.

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·June 5, 2023·5 min read

Exercise Mitigates Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Active living could significantly reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, even for individuals with a higher genetic susceptibility. The research revealed that high levels of physical activity, particularly moderate to vigorous intensity, were strongly linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

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·February 15, 2023·3 min read

Drug Linked to Lower Risk of Dementia in People With Diabetes

People with type 2 diabetes who took the drug pioglitazone were less likely to develop dementia later in life.

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·January 15, 2023·5 min read

Old Antipsychotic Drugs May Offer New Option to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

Diphenylbutylpiperidines (DPBPs), an older class of antipsychotic medications can effectively be repurposed to help treat type 2 diabetes, a new study reports.

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·December 17, 2022·5 min read

Why Does the Alzheimer’s Brain Become Insulin-Resistant?

Insulin binding receptors are predominantly located in the microvessels within the blood-brain barrier. In patients with Alzheimer's, the abundance of these receptors is decreased. This decrease could lead to the loss of insulin response in the Alzheimer's brain.

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·December 12, 2022·5 min read

The More TV You Watch, the More Bodily Pain You Have Over Time

Increased daily television viewing is significantly associated with an increase in bodily and chronic pain severity over time, especially for those with Type 2 Diabetes.

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·December 2, 2022·3 min read

Trouble Sleeping? You Could Be at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Those who report trouble sleeping are at increased risk of poor cardiometabolic health problems which can lead to type 2 diabetes.

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·November 18, 2022·4 min read

A Connection Between Diabetes Medications and Multiple Sclerosis

People over the age of 45 who use anti-hyperglycemic medications to control their Type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis. However, those who are under 45 and take anti-hyperglycemic medications are at reduced risk of MS.

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Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Brain Thinning

Surprising Diabetes Fix Found in the Brain

Low Blood Sugar Triggers Retinal Damage, Vision Loss

Type 2 Diabetes Rewires the Brain Like Early Alzheimer’s

Study Links Diet, Diabetes, and Alzheimer’s

Exercise Mitigates Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Drug Linked to Lower Risk of Dementia in People With Diabetes

Old Antipsychotic Drugs May Offer New Option to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

Why Does the Alzheimer’s Brain Become Insulin-Resistant?

The More TV You Watch, the More Bodily Pain You Have Over Time

Trouble Sleeping? You Could Be at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

A Connection Between Diabetes Medications and Multiple Sclerosis

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