How drug used to treat diabetes could cut risk of developing dementia by a fifth

[Northerner]

A drug used to treat diabetes could cut the risk of developing dementia by 20 per cent, a study has found.
Almost 15,000 people aged over 55 diagnosed with the type 2 form of the disease were given the drug metformin over five years.
But when scientists looked back over medical records they found it also reduced the chances of those with diabetes developing dementia.

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[LeeLee]

Three of my grandparents died of or with dementia (the other was heart disease and diabetes), so I find this report encouraging - provided it hasn't been over-spun. Will await the NHS Choices verdict with interest.