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The Sad Case of The Youngest Person Ever to Be Diagnosed With Alzheimer's


In 2022, neurologists at a memory clinic in China diagnosed a 19-year-old with what they believed to be Alzheimer's disease – making him the youngest person ever to be diagnosed with the condition.

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