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Symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia, the Disease That Affected Robin Williams
Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects more than 1 million people in the US. It is also the disease the late actor Robin Williams is believed to have had when he died. Here, Meredith Bock, MD ...
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Robin Williams suffered from Lewy body dementia, a brain disorder thought to affect 1 million Americans
"Lewy body dementia is what killed Robin," Williams told ABC News. "It's what took his life and that's what I spent the last year trying to get to the bottom of, what took my husband's life." ...
Dementia hits clever people harder, study finds
The neurodegenerative disease is the leading cause of death in the UK and is caused by certain proteins clumping together in ...
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Explosion in young-onset dementia with TV's Fiona Phillips, author Terry Pratchett and actor Robin Williams hit by the condition - as actress Pauline Quirke reveals diagnosis ...
Oscar-award winning actor and comedian Robin Williams is a particularity tragic ... and delusions believed to be caused by Lewy body dementia. This type of dementia accounts for a minority of ...
New study finds people with one particular strength are more likely to get dementia
While education is known to bolster the brain’s resilience—referred to as "cognitive reserve"—it appears that individuals ...
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Robin’s Wish: a new Robin Williams documentary will explore health issues we need to talk about
Robin Williams played a big part in our formative ... been living with a neurodegenerative disorder known as known as Lewy Body Dementia, which she says ultimately led to his death.
CNN founder Ted Turner recovering from pneumonia
Ted Turner, the 86-year-old media mogul and philanthropist who founded CNN, is recovering from pneumonia and “is doing well in rehab,” a spokesperson said Monday.