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dementia

[dih-men-shuh, -shee-uh] / dɪˈmɛn ʃə, -ʃi ə /


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She also said it had helped prevent serious incidents, including falls on a dementia ward.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The key to family harmony with either of these approaches is to maintain the person’s dignity as much as possible, said Kate Nattoli, a certified dementia practitioner with Crescent Grove Advisors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Participants with higher concentrations of ImP in their blood were much more likely to show biological markers associated with abnormal proteins and impaired neuron function in dementia.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia came fifth in 2023, killing 2.1 million people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

One of the kinfolk is in the Valiant Village, which is a care facility for patients suffering from dementia.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Because of how commonly it is used, the researchers wanted to know whether it might influence Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, known as ADRD.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

While most people associate dementia with the memory loss and cognitive decline of Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias like FTD strike even deeper at the heart of human identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Researchers believe programs that address several risk factors at once may offer greater benefits because Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are affected by multiple aspects of health and lifestyle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 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

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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