Diabetes Insights - Breakthroughs and Innovators

Dementia in Diabetes - Reasons for Hope or Concern?

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How emerging therapies and lifestyle strategies may reshape cognitive outcomes in diabetes

Watch the full video on YouTube to explore the evolving evidence linking diabetes and dementia, and how prevention strategies may reshape long-term outcomes.

In this episode, Prof. Gill Livingston (Unioversity College London) and Prof. Thomas van Sloten (UMC Utrecht) discuss:

  • The increased risk of dementia in people with diabetes
  • Why type 2 diabetes carries a particularly strong association
  • The impact of cognitive decline on diabetes self-management and quality of life
  • Prevention strategies, including vascular risk management and lifestyle modification
  • Emerging evidence on GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors
  • The need for clinical trials with cognition and dementia as primary outcomes

    • This episode highlights a major shift: brain health is now central to long-term diabetes care.

    Explore the related session from the EASD 2025 Annual Meeting and view our speakers’ profiles:

    1. Prof. Gill Livingston
    2. Prof. Thomas van Sloten

      3. For more expert conversations, visit our podcast archive.

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