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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.
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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
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
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Sara Schmidt was 35 years old when her mother, Brenda, who had early onset Parkinson's and dementia, took a bad fall in 2021.Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Investigators also found that Alzheimer’s disease was more accurately detected in individuals who had already progressed to dementia, compared to those with mild cognitive decline who were less likely to have this diagnosis regardless.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Ahead of his sentencing in 2009, Groves received two evaluations — one doctor diagnosed him with schizophrenia and deemed him legally insane at the time of the murder, while another doctor claimed the opposite.Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Around two-thirds of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD) and about half of people diagnosed with schizophrenia will experience delusions of grandeur.Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Oct. 2024
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The soul-crushing void of solitary confinement and the constant threat of inmate-on-inmate violence appear not as aberrations but as tools on which the system tacitly relies.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
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But Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, cautioned against labeling AfD’s successes as an aberration.Stefanie Dazio and Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
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The Gemini moon’s uncertainty may prompt a spell of paranoia.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
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Amid intense scrutiny, stigma, and creeping paranoia about federal informants, some militias rebanded or even disbanded.Tess Owen, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Senile dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senile%20dementia. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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