7 Tips for Care of Alzheimer’s Patients with Diabetes
By Guest Blogger Mary Emma Allen
It’s difficult enough when you family member has no health problems other than Alzheimer’s, but when there are other issues, such as diabetes, their care becomes more complex for family caregivers and for staff at nursing homes.
Here are 7 tips which hopefully will make diabetes care for Alzheimer’s patients a bit easier:
1. Learn about diabetic diets, especially if you’re the one preparing the food.
2. Learn about your family member’s medical needs.
3. When your family member resides in a nursing home, make sure you note …read more

Now scientists at Northwestern University have discovered why brain insulin signaling — crucial for memory formation — would stop working in Alzheimer’s disease. They have shown that a toxic protein found in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer’s removes insulin receptors from nerve cells, rendering those neurons insulin resistant. (The protein, known to attack memory-forming synapses, is called an ADDL for “amyloid ß-derived diffusible ligand.”)
I know I read something similar to this last year. There was preliminary research released stating that there is a direct correlation the way the brain uses, or misuses, insulin and the way that diabetics …read more

Could adult diabetics be at an increased risk of mild cognitive impairment? This type of impairment is often considered a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease.
Health experts already knew that type 2 diabetes can be a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. The evidence has been less clear on whether diabetes is related to a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment, often considered a bridge state between normalcy and Alzheimer’s.
With new research comes new questions. Will there be evidence that shows maintaining a healthy blood sugar will lower the chance of developing mild cognitive impairment like in so many other diseases …read more