dementia
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Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia came fifth in 2023, killing 2.1 million people.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
A weak grip is associated with a higher risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, stroke and dementia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
A growing body of research across the world is finding that sports with lots of head contact can cause brain damage, brain disease, dementia and related conditions such as Parkinson’s.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Importantly, the health record findings do not show that glucosamine itself causes dementia to progress.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
There is no doubt that Ebola damages the brain and causes psychotic dementia.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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While most people associate dementia with the memory loss and cognitive decline of Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias like FTD strike even deeper at the heart of human identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Researchers believe programs that address several risk factors at once may offer greater benefits because Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are affected by multiple aspects of health and lifestyle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
In turn, targeted therapies will either prevent Alzheimer’s in the first place or convert it and other progressive dementias into chronically manageable or even curable conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Researchers cited various medical mechanisms by which the drug could help prevent Alzheimer’s or other dementias.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 7, 2026
In benign stupor purely mental stimuli may change the whole clinical picture abruptly and with this produce a change in the intellectual functioning such as we never see in organic dementias or clouded states.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
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