In a first-time study researchers have revealed that people with diabetes who suffer from diabetic foot have significantly impaired cognitive function. Researcher Rachel Natovich from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) said that this study shows a clear correlation between diabetes and cognitive deterioration adding Diabetes is a multi-system condition that affects the brain and the risk of a diabetic developing dementia is twice that of a 'normal' person. Diabetic foot is a symptom that the diabetes is causing deterioration of the entire cardiovascular system. Diabetic foot is one of the most severe but also preventable long-term complications of diabetes
