Study: Young prediabetes sufferers at increased risk for dementia

People who develop prediabetes at younger ages are more likely to develop dementia later on, according to CNN Health. A new study published in the journal Diabetologia found that dementia risk tripled among people whose prediabetes progressed to type 2 diabetes before age 60. Individuals who developed diabetes after 60 also were at greater risk for dementia than patients who developed the disease later or not at all.