Diabetes Mellitus and Cognitive Decline – Prevention Should Not Be Delayed!

Abstract

The recent addition of the Diabetes and Cognitive Decline section to JPAD marks a milestone in the history of this progressive journal as it recognises the important contribution that Diabetes makes to the aetiology of both vascular and neurodegenerative dementia syndromes (1-3). It has been observed that diabetes in the presence of hypertension leads to a more pronounced cognitive decline (4) and that at an early stage of cognitive decline (mild cognitive impairment ( MCI)), diabetes accelerates the progression of MCI to dementia (5).