Alzheimer’s disease is a slowly progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that eventually results in abnormal brain function and death. The disease was first described in 1907 by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915). In the neurological autopsy on the brain of a 56-year-old woman Auguste D., of Frankfurt, who died after several years of progressive mental deterioration marked by increasing confusion and memory loss. Taking advantage of a then-new staining technique, he noticed …showed first 75 words of 1509 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1509 total…more, and yet don’t know all there is to know. A lot is unknown about the brain disease that effects so many, but am more conscious about it. As more is revealed about Alzheimer’s disease, more will be known about how it is contracted and how to know if you have. Until that is known, Alzheimer’s disease will remain one of the most researched and looked at diseases in the world today.