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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia (memory loss). Every year almost 6 million people in the United States are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and it is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. The disease was first discovered in the brain of a dead German woman by Dr. Alois Alzheimer in 1906, hence called Alzheimer’s disease.
It is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which, due to unknown causes specific part of the brain called the hippocampus is affected. The disease causes cognitive and behavioral functions to decline, affecting the quality of life. Alzheimer’s has a long and progressive clinical course. The symptoms first appear at old age.