Cognitive impairment. Diabetic retinopathy. “That individuals with the eye disease diabetic retinopathy were twice as likely to have mild cognitive impairment supports the theory that diabetes-related damage to blood vessels in the brain may contribute to the development of cognitive problems”

Cognitive impairment. Diabetic retinopathy. “That individuals with the eye disease diabetic retinopathy were twice as likely to have mild cognitive impairment supports the theory that diabetes-related damage to blood vessels in the brain may contribute to the development of cognitive problems”

Rosebud O Roberts, MBChB, MS, and researchers from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, observed participants in a study from Olmsted County, Minnesota, who were aged 70 to 89 on Oct. 1, 2004. The researchers from Rochester, Minnesota, have indicated that persons with ‘diabetes-related damage to blood vessels in the brain may contribute to the development of cognitive problems.‘ The researchers have concluded: “Our findings suggest that diabetes mellitus duration and severity, as measured by t >> full story

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