Study illuminates ethnic disparities in diabetes and cognitive impairment
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 12:32
in Health & Medicine
A new study finds that decreasing the disparities in rates of type 2 diabetes among Whites, Blacks and Hispanics could eliminate some racial and ethnic disparities in the development of cognitive impairment or dementia. Prior research has shown that type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for all forms of major cognitive impairment, including Alzheimers disease.