<Tab/>Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. Dementia is the loss of intellectual and social abilities severe enough to interfere with daily functioning. It occurs in people with Alzheimer's disease because healthy brain tissue degenerates, causing a decline in memory and mental abilities. More than 4 million Americans have Alzheimer's. It usually develops in those ages 65 or older. This number is expected to triple in the next 20 years as …
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…it down or reduce the symptoms. Doctors also prescribe drugs to improve behavioral symptoms that often accompany Alzheimer's, including sleeplessness, wandering, anxiety, agitation and depression. <Tab/>The treatment of Alzheimer's disease is still in its early stages. But researchers are confident that new medications will be available in the future that do more than treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's. Right now there's no way to prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease.