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

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a type of dementia caused by abnormal protein deposits in the brain, called Lewy bodies. The ...

There are many causes of dementia, the most common form being Alzheimer's disease, where memory loss is the most prominent feature. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) or Lewy body dementia is the second ...

The paradigm, the authors believe, can be used to gain insight into how PD and a form of dementia known as Lewy body disease (LBD) are initiated as many as 50 years before the onset of symptoms.

Some people with dementia lose their sense of social norms. Surprising dementia symptoms can include shoplifting, breaking ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

With the number of dementia cases set to triple in Australia by 2050, these are the 14 dementia risk factors experts say you ...

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