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 ...
Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is a brain disease that’s often misunderstood. It’s actually the second most common type of ...
MIAMI, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - We all know about Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, many of us know someone who has been impacted by it. But there is another form of dementia that affects more than a ...
Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study. Although DLB is the second most common neurodegenerative dementia following Alzheimer's ...
The survival rates of people with early onset dementia-diagnosed before the age of 65-vary considerably by clinical type, but ...
California nonprofit releases documentary film on YouTube to shed light on Lewy body Lewy body dementia (LBD) is an umbrella term encompassing two different but related diagnoses: Dementia with Lewy ...
"Every day there’s new grief," says a caretaker in PEOPLE's exclusive clip from the documentary 'Facing the Wind' The heartbreaking toll of dementia is explored in a new documentary, Facing the Wind, ...
Jacklyn "Jackie" Gise Bezos, the mother of Jeff Bezos, died last week at 78 after battling Lewy body dementia (LBD). The Amazon founder announced Jacklyn Bezos' death on Instagram, remembering her as ...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published May 28, 2022. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase ...