Dementia risk climbs sharply with insulin-requiring diabetes, analysis of 1.3 million shows

Individuals with diabetes are at an increased risk of developing dementia but those with insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes and type 1 diabetes have the greatest risk, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague. Specifically, these higher-risk individuals were over twice as likely to develop the neurological disease.