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Delirium (formerly acute confusional state, an ambiguous term that is now discouraged) [1] is a specific state of acute confusion attributable to the direct physiological consequence of a medical condition, effects of a psychoactive substance, or multiple causes, which usually develops over the course of hours to days.
Video released by police shows a man identified as Jasan Givens Sr., 38, chasing after a shirtless man running on the sidewalk before continuing on the street where the woman is standing next to ...
Dementia affects 5% of the population older than 65 and 20–40% of those older than 85. [274] Rates are slightly higher in women than men at ages 65 and greater. [ 274 ] The disease trajectory is varied and the median time from diagnosis to death depends strongly on age at diagnosis, from 6.7 years for people diagnosed aged 60–69 to 1.9 ...
Delirium tremens (DTs; lit. ' mental disturbance with shaking ') is a rapid onset of confusion usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol. [2] When it occurs, it is often three days into the withdrawal symptoms and lasts for two to three days. [2]
In Psychology, confusion is the quality or emotional state of being bewildered or unclear. The term "acute mental confusion" [ 1 ] is often used interchangeably with delirium [ 2 ] in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and the Medical Subject Headings publications to describe the pathology .
Italian police said on March 10 they had arrested two people in Trapani, Sicily, who were filmed abusing a vulnerable elderly woman in their care.Police released this covertly filmed footage ...
Menopause is a natural decline in the ovarian function of women who reach the age between 45 and 54 years. "About 25 million women pass through menopause worldwide each year, and it has been estimated that, by the year 2030, the world population of menopausal and postmenopausal women will be 1.2 billion, with 47 million new entrants each year."
On the afternoon of 21 June 2017, at about 3.39pm, an elderly couple was discovered dead by their nephew in their 6th-floor HDB flat at Bedok Reservoir Road. [6]The victims were identified as 79-year-old Chia Ngim Fong and his 78-year-old wife Chin Sek Fah, who both stayed together with one of their two sons at the flat.