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Abstract editorial illustration accompanying the article: Study links GLP-1 drugs with lower dementia risk than long-acting insulin
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Study links GLP-1 drugs with lower dementia risk than long-acting insulin

In a large study of adults over 50 with type 2 diabetes in Taiwan, new dementia diagnoses were less frequent among people who started a GLP-1 receptor agonist than among matched people who started long-acting insulin. The study was observational, so it cannot determine whether the medicines caused the difference.

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