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World Alzheimer's Day is celebrated every year on 21 September.
- ¨ It is observed to raise awareness and
challenge the stigma around Alzheimer's disease.
- ¨ German psychiatrist and pathologist, Alois
Alzheimer described it for the first time in 1906.
- ¨ Its symptoms are memory-related difficulties,
mood swings, and disorientation.
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It may be inherited genetically or caused by head injuries, depression,
and hypertension.
