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 * ...the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease as a distinct entity were first identified by Emil Kraepelin, and the characteristic neuropathology was first observed by Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist, in 1906? In this sense, the disease was co-discovered by Kraepelin and Alzheimer, who worked in Kraepelin's laboratory. Because of the overwhelming importance Kraepelin attached to finding the neuropathological basis of psychiatric disorders, Kraepelin made the generous decision that the disease would bear Alzheimer's name.


 * ...bariatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity?
 * In 2006, according to the World Health Organization, at least 171 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes?

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