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 redirects here. For other uses, see Alzheimer (disambiguation). Alzheimer's disease (AD), also referred to simply as Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time. It is the cause of 60% to 70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events (short-term memory loss).