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 ...

After Robin Williams died by suicide in August 2014, his widow, Susan Schneider Williams, would soon learn about a disease she had never heard of, but one that had haunted both of their lives.That ...

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 ...

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 ...

(WNDU) - 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 million Americans. And yet, ...

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 ...

The Penguin recently aired its sixth episode. The episode was filled with interesting twists and turns, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats. One of the major revelations made in the episode was ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. In fact, most people who ...

Lewy body diseases -- Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies -- should be defined as neuronal alpha-synuclein disease, not as clinical syndromes, a new position paper proposed. "Parkinson's ...

But when this protein accumulates and forms masses (called Lewy bodies) within the brain, the effects are devastating.Lewy body dementia and Parkinson's disease dementia are the two types of Lewy body ...