From The Huffington Post
By Annie Hauser
People with diabetes have a higher risk of dementia. But could dementia actually be a type of diabetes?
Some researchers say yes. The disease that affects millions of Americans -- Alzheimer's -- is actually "type 3" diabetes, not a separate condition, some say.
In clinical practice today, there are three types of diabetes: type 1, which has no known cause or cure and is typically diagnosed in childhood; type 2, called the "lifestyle" diabetes, though it is also caused by ethnicity and family history; and gestational, which strikes pregnant women and in 90 percent of cases goes away after women give birth.
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By Annie Hauser
People with diabetes have a higher risk of dementia. But could dementia actually be a type of diabetes?
Some researchers say yes. The disease that affects millions of Americans -- Alzheimer's -- is actually "type 3" diabetes, not a separate condition, some say.
In clinical practice today, there are three types of diabetes: type 1, which has no known cause or cure and is typically diagnosed in childhood; type 2, called the "lifestyle" diabetes, though it is also caused by ethnicity and family history; and gestational, which strikes pregnant women and in 90 percent of cases goes away after women give birth.
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