Researchers deem Alzheimer's a Type 3 diabetes

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	Researchers deem Alzheimer's a Type 3 diabetes

BobbyDelray

11-28-2007 7:57 PM

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alzheimer's, diabetes, dementia, type 3

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My grandmother was diabetic, my sister is diabetic and my mother suffers from Alzheimer's.

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