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<\/a><\/p>\nA recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine<\/a> found that levels of blood sugar directly relate to risk for dementia. After investigating over 2,000 elderly individuals for an average of 6.8 years they discovered that even small elevations of blood sugar translated into a significant increased risk for dementia<\/a>, even for those without diabetes.<\/p>\n This profound discovery goes great length in terms of defining an at risk population for an incurable brain disorder. But even with the potential impact on public health, these findings received close to no media attention.<\/p>\n (Related:\u00a0Elder Home Care Workers – A Growing Workforce<\/a>)<\/p>\n The United States has been granted the distinction of ranking first in terms of increased number of deaths from neurological diseases including dementia. Prof. Colin Pritchard and colleagues from Britain\u2019s Bournemouth University evaluated causes of death in the 10 largest Western countries between 1979 and 2010. During that period, deaths in America related (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine found that levels of blood sugar directly relate to risk for dementia. After investigating over 2,000 elderly individuals for an average of 6.8 years they discovered that even small…<\/span><\/p>\n