The risk of developing dementia is so high in the diabetic patients, final conclusion of different studies. Researchers also said that episodes of sudden hyper or hypoglycemia may also create a life-threatening condition.

A long-term study that includes thousands of old diabetic patients found that, people with the episode of hypoglycemia have more chances of developing dementia and each episode increase the chances respectively.

The results were published in the Journal of American Medical Association and researchers showed their concern as type 2 diabetes is increasing globally and patients of dementia will increase as the population ages.

According to a new study, people, who stay relax and calm, have least odds to become the victim of dementia in older age.

In the study, the researchers provided questionnaires (with personality related questions) to 500 elderly people, and they found that risk of developing dementia was nearly 50% less in the people who stayed relax and calm. The study has been published in the weekly journal of Neurology.

Experts from the UK say in this connection that the study provides enough evidence to be socially active all through life.

In UK, nearly 700,000 people are the victim of dementia and according to some estimates the number of cases would increase 1.7m by the end of 2051.

The questionnaire was developed to measure neuroticism (a term refers to easily distressed people) in these people. The researchers found that people who were not easily distressed were self-satisfied and calm, while easily distressed people were not emotionally stable and they were found nervous and negative too.