as in schizophrenia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
doctors were able to treat the patient's dementia with drugs and thus allow him to function on his own
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Recent Examples of dementia
The blood test is the first of what researchers say could be a new generation of blood tests to replace expensive brain scans and spinal taps now used to diagnose Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia.
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Farina is a neuroscientist with the Global Brain Health Institute, and much of her work centers on the detection of risk factors for dementia in young adulthood and midlife.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025
About 20 percent of participants had mild cognitive impairment at the beginning of the study, which can be a prequel to dementia.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 May 2025
Approximately 10 million people worldwide are diagnosed with the common dementia each year.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Farina is a neuroscientist with the Global Brain Health Institute, and much of her work centers on the detection of risk factors for dementia in young adulthood and midlife.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025
About 20 percent of participants had mild cognitive impairment at the beginning of the study, which can be a prequel to dementia.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 May 2025
Approximately 10 million people worldwide are diagnosed with the common dementia each year.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
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In addition to multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, the proposal passed by the state Senate would permanently extend an existing law prohibiting step therapy for schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, which was set to sunset on January 1, 2027.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
23 May 2025
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Purdy’s defense attorneys had hoped to call his mother to the witness stand to present evidence of her history of mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism, schizophrenia and alcohol abuse during her pregnancy with Purdy.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 May 2025
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Dominguez has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing deaths of David Breaux, 50, and Karim Abou Najm, 20, at Davis’ Central and Sycamore parks; and the wounding of Kimberlee Guillory, then 64, in her tent in the city’s downtown.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
24 May 2025
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And in the insanity of general religion, why not a dolphin Jesus?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
15 May 2025
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TikTok stars spark viral hysteria over saccharine-smelling scrubs and mists.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
15 May 2025
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As with the hysteria over cow killings, the furor takes form mostly on social media and platforms like WhatsApp, where rumors spread indiscriminately.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Android And The Desktop Experience Unsurprisingly, Google’s I/O developer conference leaned heavily into the future of AI (Casey Newton has a good summary of the magic and the madness coming up).—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Beneath that dizzying madness, McQuarrie introduced a progressively more labyrinthine mythology, knitting the installments together in ways plausible and not, and expanding Hunt from impressive spy to a more elemental force.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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In later stages there may be instability of the joints of the foot and deformities.—
Isabel Casimiro,
Verywell Health,
22 May 2025
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Google started looking into nuclear energy after realizing renewables were potentially causing instability on the grid, said Caroline Golin, Google’s global head of energy market development.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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