Too young for Alzheimer’s

USE THIS PHOTO A1 SECONDARY-- 13 AUGUST 2013: Lori Acosta, 38, glazes over with a blank stare as she and her sister, Paula Marks, right, go out for a margarita and appetizer during daily errands in Austin, Texas, August 13, 2013. Lori, who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, drifts in and out on occasions because of the disease. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman/Austin American-Statesman/MCT)

The devastating effects of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease on a family.

ALZHEIMER’S disease has stalked Paula Acosta Marks of Austin, Texas, since birth, and now she knows: She will be the last member of her immediate family left to remember what it did to them.