At first, the disease causes just forgetfulness, but this gives way to the loss of higher intellectual functioning.
There had been fears that he had dementia, but it turned out to be Lyme disease that was causing his forgetfulness.
Regina has little use for her daughter's search for selfhood -- she regarded the coma that had caused her forgetfulness as an opportunity to pitch the family's woeful fortunes to a home-makeover show -- and Ms. Smart brings a restrained relish to every second of the insanity.
These problems have many causes, including forgetfulness, lack of motivation, lack of confidence in the medication or prescriber, adverse effects, cost, and dosing complexity.
The cause of our forgetfulness, he claims, is the ever-growing amount of knowledge.
Forgetting what alcohol did to me is one surefire way to advance that cause, and that forgetfulness is something that I and millions of other Americans must guard against with a discipline and vigilance that transcends professional obligations like maintaining veracity as a news anchor.
The real Ronald Reagan appeared at his first debate with Walter Mondale but when his confusion and forgetfulness caused him to blow the debate, advisors sent in his stand-in, Murray Shoe who had better command of his memory and quashed Mondale.
The reason is forgetfulness.
I am new to the wig-life and had feared that one day my forgetfulness would cause me to leave home without the wig and now I have.
They explained their decision as being motivated by his wish to continue performing as long as possible, and said he didn't want audiences speculating about what might be the cause of his occasional forgetfulness of song lyrics, confusion and repetition of between-song banter.
