Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is a brain disease that’s often misunderstood. It’s actually the second most common type of ...

Most people have heard of Alzheimer’s disease, which currently affects more than 47 million people worldwide, but many are unaware that there are other forms of dementia. One example, Lewy Body ...

Kathy Chan is a local Reno-Tahoe author. She recently published a book that reads like a novel, but is both a memoir and an ...

Lewy body dementia was highlighted in the news twice this week with the death of Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver from Lewy body dementia complications and the release of “Robin’s Wish,” a documentary ...

A patient in his 70s with presumed Parkinson's disease was evaluated by a neuropsychologist. This clinician diagnosed probable dementia with Lewy bodies, rather than true Parkinson's disease. What is ...

While we have all heard about dementia and Alzheimer's disease, not many of us know about Lewy Body Dementia or LBD. While it is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease, ...

Karlawish is a professor of medicine, medical ethics, health policy, and neurology at the University of Pennsylvania’s ...

Answer: Lewy body dementia (LBD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are both associated with a collection of an abnormal protein called alpha-synuclein in the nerve cells of the brain. These clumps of ...