Dementia and Alzheimer's often get used interchangeably, but Alzheimer's is actually the most common form of dementia. Symptoms of both may include cognitive difficulties with memory, reasoning, and language. However, Alzheimer's is a specific brain disease in which dementia symptoms worsen over time, explains Mayo Clinic . As the most common form of dementia, it affects roughly 1 in 9 Americans over age 65, a staggering 7.2 million Americans, reports the Alzheimer's Association .

A large cohort of doctors predicts that by the year 2060, dementia cases will double , affecting 42 percent of Americans age 55 and older and 50 percent of those 75 and older. With this looming figure on the horizon, researchers are hard at work to find preventative measures for dementia. And now, scien

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