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Home » Learn » Basic Overview of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia » The History of Alzheimer’s Disease

The History of Alzheimer’s Disease

Understanding the somewhat brief history of Alzheimer’s disease is important to help us impact the future by moving forward Together in This. 

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  • 1906: Dr. Alois Alzheimer identifies disease in patient
  • 1910: Alzheimer’s disease named
  • 1968: Development of cognitive measurement scales
  • 1976: Alzheimer’s recognized as most common form of dementia
  • 1979: Alzheimer’s Society U.K. founded
  • 1980: Alzheimer’s Association founded
  • 1984: The NIA begins to fund Alzheimer’s Disease Centers
  • 1987: First Alzheimer’s drug trial
  • 1993: First Alzheimer’s drug approved by FDA
    • Discontinued in 2013
  • 1994: Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States,  announces he has Alzheimer’s
  • 2014: Together in This founded to help family caregivers
  • 2015: US Federal budget increases research funding by $350 million to $936 million
    • Cancer funding > $6 billion
    • HIV funding > $3 billion
  • 2016: Several chapters secede from the national Alzheimer’s Association

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