How to Use Alzheimer's disease in a Sentence

Alzheimer's disease

noun
  • When mice that were genetically modified to have Alzheimer's disease were given the compound, their previously poor performance in a maze improved to equal that of healthy mice.
    New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The cause of death was Alzheimer's disease, Harvard Law School said.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 7 Aug. 2023
  • There is some promising news in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Loss of smell may be a warning sign of Alzheimer's disease.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Here's a quick look at the seven stages of Alzheimer's disease progression.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Adele suffered from Alzheimer's disease in her later years.
    USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
  • More than 6 million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease, the fifth-leading cause of death for adults over 65.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • And Mark Pellington remembers his father as a man whose life was cut short by Alzheimer's disease.
    The Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2023
  • And this is the reality of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
    AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
  • My mother-in-law, as her Alzheimer's disease advanced, could spout reams of reasonable poetry off the top of her head.
    Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • That’s why people worried that Ronald Reagan was showing signs during his second term of the Alzheimer's disease that killed him.
    Adam Rogers, Wired, 19 June 2020
  • Johnny Rotten is mourning the death of his wife, Nora Forster, who had been living with Alzheimer's disease for several years.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The film chronicles his mother's battle with Alzheimer's disease.
    Suzi Parker, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The cause of death was not immediately revealed, but Springsteen said in 2021 that his mother had been struggling with Alzheimer's disease for a decade and could no longer speak or stand.
    CBS News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • His death comes after a seven-year battle with Alzheimer's disease, though this did not stop him from continuing to perform and make music.
    Maggie Horton, Country Living, 24 July 2023
  • And the extent to which these shifts will influence the epidemiology of dementia and Alzheimer's disease is also not clear.
    Ziyad Al-Aly, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In his speech accepting the nomination Thursday night, Trump promised to protect Medicare and find cures for Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
    Phil Galewitz | Kff Health News, ABC News, 19 July 2024
  • It is designed to activate white blood cells found in the lymph nodes on the sides and back of the neck to migrate to the brain and trigger clearance of beta-amyloid plaques, which the hospital noted is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Arizona does not have enough supports for people with Alzheimer's disease, which is a problem nationwide, McManus said.
    Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2023
  • That's right: The new study shows that picking your nose could potentially increase your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
    Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Certainly, The Voice standout has long made a career out of the songs that materialized from the grief Allen has felt following his mother's death in 2019 from Alzheimer's disease.
    Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Five months before his arrest, Rothman had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
    Jessica Wapner, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The heartbreaking song tells the story of a young woman growing up, falling in love, having a child, before succumbing to the memory loss that comes from Alzheimer's disease.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Apart from eye diseases, retinal imaging can also be used as a diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The connection is a fitting one, because puzzles keep your brain engaged, one of the ways to help reduce risk for Alzheimer's disease, said Sue Spalding, the chapter's chief executive.
    Erica Pearson, Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
  • In recent years a growing body of evidence has shown that diet can play an important role in staving off Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Nearly 7 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, a specific type of dementia, and a new study is highlighting two new risk factors to be aware of.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 31 July 2024
  • Bridges said during the virtual event that his cancer diagnosis influenced his role on the show as Dan Chase, a character who has Alzheimer's disease.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • According to certain studies, following this type of diet may also slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease and can help to reduce the risk of dementia.
    Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Both drugs are from a pipeline of treatments based on a decades-old theory that Alzheimer's disease is triggered by amyloid that accumulates in patients' brains and can be slowed by drugs that remove the buildup of this protein.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023

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