Ways to prevent Alzheimer's disease

HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Alzheimer's Disease is a form of dementia that robs the mind and often leaves families feeling sad and lonely.  Treatments are often limited, so prevention may be the best medicine. Promising new research shows you may be able to reduce your risk by at least 75 percent with seven simple steps. Preventing it is more important than ever, because the rate of Alzheimer's disease diagnoses is expected to triple in the next thirty years and is the sixth leading cause of death.

Tracy Southwick, the owner of Heights of Health, shared the following strategies to prevent the devastating disease: