"How to Achieve Healthy Aging While Reducing Your Risk of Diabetes" – Kathleen Doheny
Recent findings from several experts about what you can do to improve your health outlook on type 2 diabetes were presented at the 16th World Congress on Insulin Resistance Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. You can't stop the birthdays, but there’s more reason to believe that you can stem the negative effect that type 2 diabetes may have on your cognitive function, said Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and bone disease at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He presented an update on the link between diabetes, metabolism, and aging, including a new focus on what you can do to lessen the risk of memory loss. The key may be the most common medication for T2D: metformin. Now, there are other promising reasons to take metformin, including stem cell regeneration, to inflammation and stress all of which impact how well you can maintain your health and achieve optimal health as you age.
— Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD, Professor, Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
