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
This can increase the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, dementia and other chronic illnesses.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Thankfully, child abductions are rare, but the dogs are used many times to find people with special needs and conditions like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, Bolling said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
Poway Gardens is a memory care facility that supports residents living with Alzheimer’s and related dementia, said Sherryl Hernandez, health services director.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
In 2025, two Centennial nursing home staffers were arrested and charged with criminal negligence, complicity, and abusing an at-risk adult after allegedly covering up details about how a 92-year-old woman with dementia in their care suffered a broken leg.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Thankfully, child abductions are rare, but the dogs are used many times to find people with special needs and conditions like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, Bolling said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
Poway Gardens is a memory care facility that supports residents living with Alzheimer’s and related dementia, said Sherryl Hernandez, health services director.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
In 2025, two Centennial nursing home staffers were arrested and charged with criminal negligence, complicity, and abusing an at-risk adult after allegedly covering up details about how a 92-year-old woman with dementia in their care suffered a broken leg.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
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Brown had a history of violent crime, including assaults and robberies, and had also been diagnosed with schizophrenia.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
8 Dec. 2025
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The 84-year-old San Diego resident is hiding from her son, Ed, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and has spent much of the last 30 years in jail, prison or a state mental hospital.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Dec. 2025
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However, what seemed like the perfect life was really a complex house of cards built on lies and insanity.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Support ballot measures or candidates (not named Steyer) focused on reforming the state’s zoning and regulatory insanity.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Lacey Bond is 13 as the Satanic Panic hysteria sweeps the nation, seeing her parents arrested and accused of horrendous crimes.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Unisphere was a fitting antidote to anti-immigrant hysteria.—
Rob Kenner,
VIBE.com,
8 June 2026
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Horkheimer and Adorno had concluded that advanced capitalism, far from being a technocratic monolith, had an inherent tendency toward chaos and madness.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Get your 28% discount before the Prime Day madness begins.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
15 June 2026
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Other projects collapsed entirely after structural problems, financial instability, or poor planning surfaced only after taxpayer money had already been spent.—
Michele Steeb,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Running shoes are built for impact absorption at a higher speed and cadence, often being equipped with more responsive (bouncy) midsole foam and a higher heel stack that could actually cause discomfort and instability during long walks.—
Oscar Hartzog,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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