as in schizophrenia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
doctors were able to treat the patient's dementia with drugs and thus allow him to function on his own
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Recent Examples of dementia
Revill died on March 11 at a care facility in Sherman Oaks, Calif., after a battle with dementia, as his daughter Kate Revill told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, March 26.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The first of these jokes is about the discrepancy in empathy between society’s treatment of the average person with dementia and Joe Biden.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Looking into medications aimed at those health markers could theoretically be a means of slowing dementia progression, but the jury’s still out.
—Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 Mar. 2025
Omega-3s support brain development, protect against cognitive decline, and regulate brain inflammation linked to neurodegenerative diseases like dementia.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 24 Mar. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The first of these jokes is about the discrepancy in empathy between society’s treatment of the average person with dementia and Joe Biden.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Looking into medications aimed at those health markers could theoretically be a means of slowing dementia progression, but the jury’s still out.
—Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 Mar. 2025
Omega-3s support brain development, protect against cognitive decline, and regulate brain inflammation linked to neurodegenerative diseases like dementia.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
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Multiple studies like this one have identified mitochondrial dysfunction in depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, suggesting that energy failure may be a unifying pathway in many psychiatric conditions.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Antipsychotics Antipsychotics are medications used to treat serious mental health conditions like major depressive disorder and schizophrenia.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
31 Mar. 2025
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Our Rox are a walking bundle of baseball insanity, Looney Tunes from the top down.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2025
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The hysteria only grew when Flagg, originally in line to graduate in 2025, reclassified and committed to Duke for the 2024-25 season.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Read more What People Think Opinions related to business and economic issues submitted to The Hill: Tariffs may be worth it, but Trump must level with the public about the coming pain Ignore Democrats’ hysteria: Trumponomics is working You’re all caught up.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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Broadway’s spring madness is underway with shows opening on an almost nightly basis until the Tony deadline and the official end of the 2024-2025 season in a couple of weeks.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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The film satirizes the star-making machinery of Hollywood, with Harlow playing a popular actress attempting to find romance amid the madness of the industry that surrounds her.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Regardless of the cost from the taxes themselves, the larger issue is the environment of instability, said Golding.—
Richard Nieva,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The industry’s disruption and implementation of the tax held up by court proceedings compound challenges the hotel industry faces in an era of travel uncertainty, higher building costs and economic instability.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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