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A diabetes drug may help prevent dementia, new research shows

September 3, 2024

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SGLT-2 inhibitors have been linked with a 35% lower dementia risk in a recent study. Image credit: Tanya Yatsenko/Stocksy.

People who have type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of developing dementia.
A recent study investigates how a diabetes medication may affect this risk.
The scientists behind the study focused on sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, which they found significantly reduced dementia risk compared with another diabetes drug.
The longer an individual had been…

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