Diabetics At Increased Risk for Aging-Related Diseases

Men and women in their 50s with diabetes have nearly double the risk for developing age-related conditions including cognitive impairment, incontinence, falls, dizziness, vision impairment and pain, as compared to same-age counterparts who do not have diabetes. Christine Cigolle, from the University of Michigan Health System (Michigan, USA), and colleagues observe that: “Our findings suggest that middle age adults with diabetes start to accumulate these age-related problems.  Because diabetes affects multiple organ systems, it has the potential to contribute significantly to the development of a number of issues that we associate with aging.”