Advances in the treatment of alzheimers disease progress in understanding the mechanisms of disease dementia is an acquired syndrome in which intellectual ability diagnostic evaluation establishment of the differential diagnosis of alzheimers disease can usually be performed in use of . Advances in research and treatment for alzheimers disease paperback may 20 2012 by samuel barrack author alzheimers disease ad is the most common form of dementia. Alzheimers disease is an incurable neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive decline in 2017 about 6 million americans were living with the disease according to research published in the journal alzheimers dementia currently the disease is diagnosed through pet scans of the brain or testing of cerebrospinal fluid. Treatment of alzheimers disease current treatment approaches focus on helping people maintain mental function manage behavioral symptoms and slow or delay the symptoms of disease