As we mark World Alzheimer's Day on September 21, the Wigan-based Lewy Body Society is calling for greater awareness of Lewy ...

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The patients had an average age of 76.7 years. Lewy body disease, which includes DLB and Parkinson’s disease with and without dementia, is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder ...

Blood Proteins May Help to Track the Pathological Progression of Lewy's Body Disease July 31, 2024 — New research suggests that two proteins, amyloid- and phosphorylated tau, the key proteins of ...

Technology Networks interviewed Professor Henrik Zetterberg on World Alzheimer’s Day 2024 to learn more about his work and ...

An Alzheimer's Drug May Also Slow Lewy Body Dementia By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A type of drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease appears to ...

Lewy body disease, which includes dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease with and without dementia, is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, following Alzheimer's ...

“I’ve seen them help many of my Lewy body patients and in some cases they seem even more helpful than in Alzheimer’s disease, the diagnosis they are FDA approved for.” “Lewy body ...

Body Dementia (LBD) are two devastating neurodegenerative conditions affecting millions of people in the United States. Both ...

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Now, new research suggests the drugs might also help people with Lewy body dementia, according to new data from nearly 1,100 people with the degenerative brain disease. The medications, known as ChEIs ...