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  2. Alois Alzheimer - Wikipedia

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    Alois Alzheimer (/ ˈ æ l t s h aɪ m ər / ALTS-hy-mər, US also / ˈ ɑː l t s-, ˈ ɔː l t s-/ AHLTS-, AWLTS-, [1] [2] German: [ˈaːlɔɪs ˈʔaltshaɪmɐ]; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist, neuropathologist and colleague of Emil Kraepelin.

  3. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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    The disease is named after German psychiatrist and pathologist Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906. [29] Alzheimer's financial burden on society is large, with an estimated global annual cost of US$1 trillion. [14] It is ranked as the seventh leading cause of death worldwide. [30]

  4. List of eponymous diseases - Wikipedia

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    An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...

  5. Naomi Watts opens up about memory loss after learning she is ...

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    Naomi Watts has opened up about her experiences of memory loss after learning she is at a higher risk of the syndrome. The actor, 54, got candid about her health in her new book Dare I Say It ...

  6. Solomon Carter Fuller - Wikipedia

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    One 21st century researcher wrote that Fuller’s discoveries had led to such “a major contribution to the body of clinical knowledge concerning Alzheimer’s disease” that the neurodegenerative disease would have been named for him if Kraepelin hadn’t insisted it be named for Alzheimer, Kraepelin’s student. [15]

  7. Scientist behind Alzheimer’s drug in late-stage trials is ...

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    The indictment doesn’t specifically name the university, drug or company, listing them instead as “University 1,” “Drug A” and “Company 1,” respectively.

  8. Alzheimer’s could be diagnosed 10 years earlier after world’s ...

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    Alzheimer’s disease could be diagnosed up to a decade earlier after the world’s biggest study of proteins is completed.. The research, which will begin in the UK this month, will aim to ...

  9. Auguste Deter - Wikipedia

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    After many years, she became completely addled with dementia, muttering to herself. She died on 8 April 1906. More than a century later, her case was re-examined with modern medical technologies, where a genetic cause was found for her disease by scientists from Gießen and Sydney .

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