NEW YORK: Dementia-related complications within the brain can lead to changes in glucose handling, resulting in diabetes, study shows.
An enzyme closely linked to brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease also seems to have a role in glucose control.
The study shows for first time that dementia-related complications within the brain can also lead to changes in glucose handling and ultimately diabetes, the researchers say. Diabetes is otherwise thought to begin with a malfunction in the pancreas or a high fat, high sugar diet.