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In [[2016]], Sir [[Andrew Gobernar]]'s sister had advanced Alzheimer's. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vampire of the Mind (audio story)|Vampire of the Mind]]'')
In [[2016]], Sir [[Andrew Gobernar]]'s sister had advanced Alzheimer's. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vampire of the Mind (audio story)|Vampire of the Mind]]'')
[[Category:Diseases and illnesses from the real world]]
[[Category:Diseases and illnesses from the real world]]

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease was a condition which made people senile, causing memory deficiency. It was quite common for victims to remember snippets from their childhoods or lives. (TV: Out of Time) One sufferer, Bea Nelson-Stanley, could rarely remember her own name, and forgot Luke Smith in the middle of a conversation with him. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)

Ace asked the Seventh Doctor if Time Lords could suffer from Alzheimer's. He told her they got much worse diseases. (PROSE: Relative Dementias)

Cases

Bea Nelson-Stanley was an Alzheimer's sufferer. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)

Alan Ellis suffered from Alzheimer's. (TV: Out of Time)

Doctors believed that Katie Russell had Alzheimer's. She in fact had an alien parasitic tumour. (TV: Fragments)

Henrietta Goodheart suffered from Alzheimer's but still remained lively. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos)

In 2016, Sir Andrew Gobernar's sister had advanced Alzheimer's. (AUDIO: Vampire of the Mind)