Does diabetes harm the brain?

Diabetes is linked to a large number of health complications, such as kidney disease.

But new research has found that older people with Type 2 diabetes may have more difficulty thinking and remembering,

During the five-year study, diabetes participants have had weakened verbal memory and fluency.

However, although memory and executive function (thinking and planning abilities) had weakened to a greater extent in persons diagnosed with Type 2 of diabetes, this was not noted in the volume of the brain.

Scientists say that they have been surprised by this discovery because they have found no connection between brain size and thinking and memory problems.

However, scientists say that the general message of this study is simple: The type 2 of diabetes affects the function of the brain.

It is noteworthy that previous studies have also found that diabetes can double the risk of developing degeneracy for diabetes.