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.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
