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Recent Examples of senile dementia
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senile dementia
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Heming Willis, who has become a vocal advocate for the caregiver community since Willis' frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, also posted a tribute to Moore on her Instagram stories.Luke Chinman, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Shannon Amos was not able to provide documentation of a diagnosis of dementia.Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
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At the time, Joel’s mother was hospitalized with schizophrenia.Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Gradually, the whole field of schizophrenia began to shift.Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Its official reception in the Soviet Union, however, was less enthusiastic due to Solzhenitsyn’s argument that the gulag system was not just an aberration under Stalin, but embedded deep in the rotting core of Soviet ideology.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
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Prigozhin and his personal army were thus an aberration in the regular order of civil-military relations in Russia.Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2024
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The Senators’ arguments and demands were a mixture of Cold War paranoia and savvy politics.Duncan Money / Made by History, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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As tensions rise both at home and in his professional life, the disappearance of a gun becomes a pivotal moment in the story upping the ante on the film’s tension as Iman’s mistrust and paranoia, even of his own family, builds.Jamie Lang, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Senile dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senile%20dementia. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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