Diabetes drugs may have protective effects against Alzheimer’s

“Researchers analyzed brain tissue sourced from people who had both diabetes and Alzheimer’s. The findings suggest that some anti-diabetes drugs that these people used offered protection that kept the neurodegenerative disease from progressing as rapidly as it would have otherwise. Many elderly people with diabetes have brain changes that are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s. Previous studies have suggested that there is a link between the risk of cognitive impairment, dementia, and type 2 diabetes, and there is evidence that an insulin receptor pathway in the brain is associated with Alzheimer’s pathologies, though the mechanism remains unknown.”
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