News Finding: #Type2diabetes is associated with decline in verbal memory and fluency, but the effect of #diabetes on brain atrophy may begin earlier @username @username  #dementia #brainhealth 
Paper Finding: The effects of type 2 diabetes and poor metabolic health at midlife, and the impact of accrual of cerebrovascular lesions at older age, both deserve further study to inform preventative efforts against dementia.
News Context: #Type2diabetes is associated with decline in verbal memory and fluency, but the effect of #diabetes on brain atrophy may begin earlier @username @username  #dementia #brainhealth 
Paper Context: Strengths of our study include longitudinal measurement of a wide range of cognitive tests covering different cognitive domains in conjunction with serial brain MRI scans. Conclusion and area for future research In this study, type 2 diabetes was associated with decline in verbal memory and fluency in older community-dwelling people without dementia over a period of~5 years but not with MRI markers of brain atrophy. The effects of type 2 diabetes and poor metabolic health at midlife, and the impact of accrual of cerebrovascular lesions at older age, both deserve further study to inform preventative efforts against dementia.