Diabetes a brain drainer


Diabetes can slow the brain, causing trouble with two types of mental processing in adults of all ages, Canadian researchers reported yesterday.

Healthy adults did significantly better than diabetics on two tests of mental functioning - executive functioning and speed of response, according to the University of Alberta study in the journal Neuropsychology.


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