In 1999, Arthur Kramer, then at the University of Illinois, reported that healthy sedentary people aged 60 to 75 did better on tests requiring executive function if they were assigned…
Tag: prediabetes
Got type 2 diabetes or prediabetes? It may muddy your thinking as you age. Scientists tracked more than 13,000 adults who were 48 to 67 years old when they entered…
Diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. But what about blood sugar levels that are elevated, but not high enough to be diabetes? Researchers tracked 2,067 people…
Many studies that track healthy people for years have reached the same conclusion: “People with higher levels of vitamin D have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in…
The good news about diabetes: it’s not inevitable. “Up to 90 percent of type 2 diabetes is preventable by lifestyle modification,” says JoAnn Manson, director of preventive medicine at Brigham…
No time to exercise? Here’s how to get more bang for your buck. Two caveats: A short exercise session doesn’t burn enough calories to help you lose weight. And getting…
A diabetes tsunami is headed our way, say experts. One in three adults—and nearly one in two men—already have prediabetes. The chief culprits: two-thirds of adults (and one-third of children)…