DIABETES & DEMENTIA RISK Page D6

The following is taken from today's New York Times. I am diabetic and want to share this.It is serious. " Diabetes and Dementia Risk..Type 2 diabetes is a chronic, progressive illness that can have devastating complications, including hearing loss, kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and vascular damaage so severe as to require limb amputation. Now a new study underscores the the toll that takes on the brain. It found that Type 2 diabetes is linked to an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease......" In other news the construction of the new sidewalk on Route 9 WB comes up to my lawn. Tomorrow the construction team will scoop the earth in front of my lawn. The distance from Ridge Road is .6 mile. Stay tuned. The Red Sox are beating Detroit as I write.Will be a high-scoring contest. ROBERT LOUIS POTVIN