Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. According to Alzheimer's Disease International , the number of people living with dementia is expected to double every 20 years. Of course, dementia doesn't happen overnight. It can take years before symptoms of dementia become noticeable, and your health and lifestyle now may influence your chances of developing or delaying the disease.

One of the biggest risk factors for dementia is type 2 diabetes, which is why it's so important to manage the condition through both lifestyle choices and medication. While drugs like metformin have long been used to help control blood sugar, newer options such as GLP-1 agonists such as Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide) are making headlines for their effect on type 2 diabetes.

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