Welcome to paging, Dr. Gupta.

Thank you so much for joining us.

We are really trying to be your source for answers to whatever health questions you've been mulling over.

Feel free to send those into us.

This is the show where we take those questions, really dig into the science and hopefully the stories behind them. Kira's back with us.

Who do we have first? Hey, Sanjay. So first up today, we've got a question from Alan in Ottawa,

Canada, who wrote in asking if having type 2 diabetes accelerates cognitive decline if you're over the age of 70.

Alan, I am really glad you asked about this because so many people in both Canada and the United States have type 2 diabetes.

In fact, around 11% of the general population lives with diabetes and the numbers for those over the age of 65 jump up close to 30%.

Keep that in mind when we give you the answer right after the break.

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Shopify.com slash setup. All right. So does having type 2 diabetes affect cognitive decline in

older adults? Well, the short answer, unfortunately, is yes. Studies find that diabetes

can increase the odds of developing cognitive decline up to two times. A 2021 JAMA study

following about 10,000 men and women found that those who had diabetes at age 70 had a higher likelihood of developing

cognitive decline. So, you know, older adults with diabetes do have higher instances of dementia

overall, Alzheimer's disease, and also something known as vascular dementia. And has also been

shown that the risk of cognitive decline in dementia is higher for those

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