Fred Harteis Health News - For older people with diabetes, the condition does not increase the likelihood that they'll develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the medical journal Neurology. However, diabetes is associated with areas of brain damage called cerebral infarction which can impair mental capacity.

Dr. Zoe Arvanitakis from Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois and colleagues reviewed autopsy results from 233 older participants in the Religious Orders Study.

The team found just over one third of participants had one or more cerebral infarctions, and patients with ...   more »