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The Look-AHEAD study found no impact on diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia in patients with T2DM.
Practitioners should be aware that intensive lifestyle interventions may not improve cognitive outcomes in T2DM patients.
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Whilst the Look-AHEAD study found no impact on diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
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Based on the systematic review of a large study.
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Non-pharmacological interventions for cognition in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review
Adam H. Dyer et al. · QJM · 2019
DOI 10.1093/qjmed/hcz053
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