senile dementia

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Recent Examples of senile dementia An investigation found that Batt befriended Lineman, who had senile dementia and required a live-in aide to help her with all daily activities, according to the district attorney’s office. Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Age and Memory: The hippocampus plays an important role in memory and is one of the brain regions most affected by senile dementia. IEEE Spectrum, 21 June 2017 Patients with vascular dementia had the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 — with odds more than three times higher — followed by patients with presenile dementia, senile dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and post-traumatic dementia. Julie Washington, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021 Many suffered from senile dementia or other debilitating conditions, and the intent was to protect them from injury in accidental falls. Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020 In a 1907 paper, Fischer described neuritic plaques that were present in the brains of 12 senile dementia patients, compared to the single case study Alzheimer published that same year. Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 17 Dec. 2019 Six years ago, Lederman was diagnosed with senile dementia. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2018 While struggling to find the right English, Conte described the 54-year-old as 'demenza senile', which translates to senile dementia. SI.com, 6 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senile dementia
Noun
  • Be smart: Keeping your brain on its toes, so to speak, can help prevent dementia.
    Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 7 May 2025
  • Social isolation is a leading risk factor for a wide range of serious health problems, including heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
    Rob Simmelkjaer, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
Noun
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    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
  • For the past 14 years, Palafox has served as private conservator to her son, deemed gravely disabled by schizophrenia that took hold in his early 20s.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • The weekend’s deadlines have come and gone, exposing the brief moment of unity as an aberration, and the White House as unwilling to anger Putin.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
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    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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    Valerie Butler, Essence, 19 May 2025
  • Many drinks also include a small amount of CBD to help balance out the high and reduce the chance of anxiety or paranoia.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Senile dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senile%20dementia. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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