Lewy body dementia contains both Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) and Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). DLB is the second most common cause of dementia in the general population and affects an ...
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have made a major breakthrough in diagnosing Lewy body disease, a leading cause of dementia.
A new study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia highlights a significant step forward in diagnosing Dementia with Lewy Bodies ...
Months after actor and comedian Robin Williams took his own life in August 2014, autopsy results revealed he had a devastating disease: Lewy body dementia (LBD). Unlike Alzheimer’s disease and ...
AURORA, Colo. (Jan. 10, 2025) – Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study, out today in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Although DLB ...
Department of Neuropathology, National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, London, UK. The Lewy body is a distinctive neuronal inclusion that is always found in the substantia nigra and other specific ...
Lewy Body Dementia is a brain disease that mainly targets people above 50. It’s an incurable disease that doesn’t allow the patient to lead an ordinary life; they won’t be able to do their everyday ...
Background: Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is one of the main differential diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Key pathological features of patients with DLB are not only the presence of cerebral ...
A Wigan-based dementia charity is calling on the government to improve the lives of 100,000 people with Lewy body dementia in ...
Objectives We report the cognitive decline in persons diagnosed with mild dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) during 5 years of annual follow-ups. Methods Patients were ...
Another common type of dementia is dementia with Lewy bodies. It’s the second most prevalent form of progressive dementia behind Alzheimer’s disease. Lewy bodies are collections of abnormal proteins ...
Dementia with Lewy bodies is the third most common disease that causes dementia. Both risk genes and faulty genes can be involved in dementia with Lewy bodies. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is ...