MooBella, a Taunton, Mass.-based company that is gearing up to market a âmake-your-ownâ ice cream machine, said that it has secured $18 million in Series A funding from W. Health LP, a venture fund managed by Inventages .
Alzheimer's and dementia basics. 1  Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. 2  Learn more: What We Know Today and Understanding Dementia.
Alzheimer's disease is an irreversible and progressive disorder that damages and destroys brain cells, inducing memory loss and negatively impacting cognitive abilities, such as thinking skills and reasoning. There are two types of Alzheimer's disease: early-onset Alzheimer's: develops between the ages of 30 and 60.