Summary
There is growing awareness of the relationships between Type 2 Diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.
Reference
Li, X. Song, D. [and] Leng, SX. (2015). Link between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease: from epidemiology to mechanism and treatment. Clinical Interventions in Aging, March 10th 2015, 10, pp.549-60. (Click here to view the PubMed abstract).
More recently:
Reference
Sridhar, GR. Lakshmi, G. [and] Nagamani, G. (2015). Emerging links between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease. World Journal of Diabetes, June 10th 2015, Vol.6(5), pp.744-51. (Click here to view the PubMed abstract).
Incidental interest (on the prevalence of T2DM in Scotland)
Reference
Type 2 diabetes cases in Scotland ‘up by 40% in 10 years’. London: BBC Health News / BBC Scotland News, February 11th 2020.