Low Blood Sugar May Increase Risk for Dementia

By KSPR News

Story Created: Apr 14, 2009

Story Updated: Apr 14, 2009

Diabetes may raise the risk for dementia in older adults, new research finds.

Previous studies have suggested that high blood sugar can raise the odds of dementia, and now a new study finds low blood sugar may have the same effect.

Doctors tracking thousands of patients with type 2 diabetes found those hospitalized for episodes of low blood sugar had a greater chance of developing dementia.

Emerging research suggests adults with type 2 diabetes may face an increased risk for dementia as they grow older.

Those with high blood sugar levels are more likely to have mental impairment. Now for the first time, doctors have found a link between low
blood sugar and dementia in diabetics.

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente followed more than 16,000 seniors with type 2 diabetes.

They found that those who had........read the whole article

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