It has been 111 years since Auguste D. became the first person described with what is now called Alzheimer’s disease. German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, for whom the disease is named, first publically reported his observations of Auguste in 1906, upon her death at age 56. Now, as life expectancy grows—there are 29 nations with an average life expectancy of 80 years of age or older—the specter of Alzheimer’s disease looms larger than ever.
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