Many will need high levels of care. Researchers say that dramatically increasing global life expectancy makes it imperative to find solutions that prevent, delay,slow,and treat Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

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The National Institutes of Health announced Monday that it had halted a clinical trial testing whether naproxen and Celebrex, an arthritis pill made by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ), might prevent Alzheimer's disease.

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"By the time you get Alzheimer's disease, we'll have a drug to prevent it, " Dr. Roses promises.

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More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's, according to the U.S. Alzheimer's Association, and there are no good treatments to prevent the dementia and memory loss caused by the disease.

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