Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease is a form of dementia with no known cause and no cure. The first symptoms are usually mild--forgetting names, difficulties with basic math, or losing things. As the disease progresses, symptoms become more pronounced. A person may get lost in familiar surroundings, forget what he or she was doing only minutes earlier, and stop being able to recognize loved ones. Caregivers often say that the most difficult part of caring for somebody with Alzheimer's is the fact that their loved one no longer recognizes them or remembers their names. Much research is being done, but a cure is still a long way off.