The Alzheimer's Association recently reported that over 5 million people have dementia in America. Each year, physicians diagnose about 500,000 new cases. As rates climb for dementia, researchers have broadened their sights from finding a cure to trying to prevent it. Use It or Lose It: Strategies to Prevent Dementia considers this research, and it presents two life-transforming strategies to prevent dementia before it happens. Christopher W. Bogosh, RN-BC, is a certified psychiatric-mental health nurse with over 25 years of healthcare experience.