dementia
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MCI is an intermediate stage between normal cognitive aging and dementia.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Lowering my risk for dementia is another reason why I’m managing my health.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Jeffries had claimed he was suffering from severe dementia and was unfit to proceed to trial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Even if I’m talking about getting diagnosed with depression or my mom’s dementia, I want it to feel relatable and like bringing light to harder things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
I have vascular dementia, the doctor told me, and there was some comfort to be had.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The work may also help researchers identify existing drugs that could be repurposed for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias driven by tau.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
In turn, targeted therapies will either prevent Alzheimer’s in the first place or convert it and other progressive dementias into chronically manageable or even curable conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Medical experts now believe that nearly half of all dementias can be avoided or significantly delayed by things we can do ourselves.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
It also interferes with how brain cells manage fats and energy and promotes inflammation, which may gradually damage neurons and increase vulnerability to Alzheimer's and related dementias.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
In benign stupor purely mental stimuli may change the whole clinical picture abruptly and with this produce a change in the intellectual functioning such as we never see in organic dementias or clouded states.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
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