Tag Archives: Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes Drug Shown To Reverse Memory Loss In Mice With Alzheimer’s

The drug could eventually be used to treat humans with dementia
Posted on January 22, 2018 by Lucas Morgan (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Researchers from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom have found that a type 2 diabetes drug significantly reverses memory loss in mice with Alzheimer’s disease. Though the benefits have only been seen in mice so far, researchers believe that the … Continue reading →

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Obesity Is Now A Global Epidemic

A new report shows that global rates of obesity continue to climb
Posted on June 16, 2017 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds

Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle just released a sobering study about levels of obesity worldwide. Reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study shows that obesity is now a global epidemic, affecting 12 percent of … Continue reading →

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Is Alzheimer’s Disease Type 3 Diabetes?

Scientists have found a strong connection between insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease
Posted on March 21, 2016 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds

Scientists have long known that there is a strong correlation between diabetes and dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease. People living with diabetes have an incidence of Alzheimer’s that is roughly twice that of the general population, and they tend to show … Continue reading →

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