Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Could Mean Bad Business for Your Brain

According to a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, those suffering from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) face an increased risk of cognitive decline. The study, published in Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications, revealed that CVD risk spurred by diabetes might mean bad business for the brain, even before CVD is clinically treatable. 

 “One possibility is that your brain requires a really steady blood flow and it’s possible that the cardiovascular disease that accompanies diabetes might be the main driver behind the cognitive deficits that we see,” one researcher says. Click here to read the full article.