Insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes linked to plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 15:21 in Health & Medicine

People with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes appear to be at an increased risk of developing plaques in the brain that are associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to new research published in the August 25, 2010, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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