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Research Center. Major Milestone in Alzheimer’s and Brain Research, alz.org 2016 Alzheimer's Association. German physician Dr. Alois Alzheimer was founder and also named the disease after himself in 1906. Dr. Alzheimer first found the disease in a patient, Auguste D. which she had symptoms of were memory loss, unfounded suspicions about her family, and other psychological changes. The impact Alzheimer disease has on family members can be major. Such as younger children because they may have to watch their grandparent suffer from the memory loss disease.

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