Newswise — WASHINGTON—Better glucose control can help people with diabetes who have a common type of stroke to preserve their cognitive function, according to a study accepted for presentation at ENDO 2020, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting. The abstract will be published in a special supplemental issue of the Journal of the Endocrine Society.
“As the population is aging, the prevalence of diabetes and stroke is increasing, and both diseases are risk factors for cognitive dysfunction and dementia,” said lead study author Tali Cukierman-Yaffe, M.D., M.Sc., a physician and researcher at the Sheba Medical Center and the Sackler School of Medicine of Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel. “Identifying modifiable risk factors that are associated with cognitive dysfunction in people with type 2 diabetes who experience a lacunar stroke has major public health…
