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HealthDay (5/31, Norton) reports, “Type 2 diabetes [T2D] is linked to memory and thinking problems…because the disease makes the brain age faster,” researchers concluded after examining “data from 20,000 middle-aged and older adults.” In addition, “MRI scans revealed” that “people with diabetes had more tissue shrinkage – akin to a 26% acceleration in normal brain aging.” The findings were published online in the journal eLife.(SOURCE: APA Headlines)