Proteins form the building blocks of life, but when they form unusual clumps inside the brain, they raise an alarm that ...

A new board game highlights the challenges that people face receiving dementia care and aims to get people talking about how to improve it. The University of Liverpool, The Lewy Body Society and ...

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a type of dementia caused by abnormal protein deposits in the brain, called Lewy bodies. The deposits cause chemical changes in the brain, leading to problems with thinking ...

Jack Russell of the band Great White has died at age 63, his family announced Thursday on Instagram. “Jack is loved and remembered for his sense of humor, exceptional zest for life, and unshakeable ...

While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, there’s another variation that is also relatively prevalent. Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects more than 1 million people in the US. It is ...

Dementia with Lewy bodies is a type of dementia that is similar to both Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease but studies on long-term treatments are lacking. A new study from Karolinska ...

A huge scarf was wrapped around the entire circumference of the Royal Albert Hall in London on Thursday, in support of a dementia charity.The Lewy Body Society appealed for people from across the ...

Sometimes researchers can repurpose existing technologies to dementia diagnosis. In this blog, Dr Gemma Roberts tells us more about her Alzheimer’s Society funded research at the Newcastle University ...

Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms ...

New therapies are needed to help prevent the development of this condition. Researchers from the University of Iowa report that males taking three commonly prescribed prostate medications may lower ...

Lewy body dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder brought on by an excess of the protein alpha-synuclein in the brain. These deposits, known as Lewy bodies, can inhibit the production of ...