Some news references:

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1215243,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/17/health/17alzheimer.html?ex=1153281600&en=d6b843e3a138073d&ei=5087%0A

The latter requires registration. They have not abused mine to the best of my knowledge, but for those who prefer to avoid that, there is:

http://www.bugmenot.com/.  I have only used it once myself, but it has been recommended by tiferet [EDIT and by dkogan, below].



Briefly, for some time there has been evidence that those with type 2 diabetes - or borderline - are more likely to get Alzheimer's than those without.  These two articles report on recent confirming information - apparently there is an Alzheimer's conference going on at which some of these reports are being presented.  There is some possible good news - there are now all those diabetes treatments to try to see if they offer relief or control for Alzheimer's patients.  I gather some of them show promise.

It isn't as if diabetes patients don't have enough to worry about.

Diabetes type 2 - adult onset - is, like lung cancer and heart disease, something with controllable risk factors.  You can't guarantee you won't get it - but you can make  it more or less likely, and, if you are just developing it, there are things you can do to control it.  I'm not going into it - google for info - see a physician if you think it is pertinent to you.  Here's a link to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse:

http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/riskfortype2/index.htm

I have had trouble with weight control all my life except my teens, when I was actually able to burn up calories as fast as I could take them in and my mid thirties when I ran 50 miles a week.  I like to eat.  It is a security blanket for me.  It has little to do with appetite.  I don't mind being a bit hungry very much.   I want a snack every now and then not because I'm hungry but because I want to eat.

There are many reasons pertinent to me why I should do better than I do.  High blood pressure.  Other circulatory problems.

Here is a new one.  It definitely got my attention.  For those of you farther over the edge than I, it is more reason to pay attention to control.  Good luck to us all.