senile dementia

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Recent Examples of senile dementia 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
  • Sounding the Alarm for Elder Justice The population of older adults is rapidly growing, and one in 10 experience abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation—a risk that is even higher for those living with dementia.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Losing Track of Time or Place People with dementia often become disoriented about time, dates, or locations.
    Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Bynes’ attorney denied that the former actor had been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
    Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
  • This valuable data includes information from patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and other psychiatric illnesses.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As Allen tells the Guardian, these developments aren’t aberrations from tarot’s beginnings but instead represent a natural progression.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Trump’s attempts to ignore or bully Congress look like a natural progression, not an aberration.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Developing robust risk management strategies is not about paranoia but preparedness.
    Jim Stevenson, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Even this bizarre relationship echoes the era’s confusion and paranoia, with its unchecked consumerism and its sense that corporate society now had a mind of its own, as well as the uneasy role celebrity plays in the whole thing.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025

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