dementia
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This is the dilemma Laura Sides faced when she was offered a test for the rare form of early onset dementia that her dad was diagnosed with in his 40s.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Burns adds: "The NHS and social care are under such huge pressure and dementia cases are rising - it's not always easy to get the support you need."
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Together, these changes could increase the likelihood of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and other forms of dementia.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
To be clear, I’m not sitting here rubbing my hands with glee, thinking I’m immune to dementia or a heart attack and I’ll stay young forever.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
I have vascular dementia, the doctor told me, and there was some comfort to be had.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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
Medicare and Medicaid are expected to cover $263 billion, or 64%, of the total healthcare and long-term-care payments for people living with Alzheimer’s or other dementias.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
Meinor loved her job in public health, and had been developing a program for Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
It could also help identify people at higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, even before any symptoms appear.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 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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