Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have made a major breakthrough in diagnosing Lewy body disease, a leading cause of ...

However, medical conditions can sometimes affect posture. According to the Alzheimer’s Society, those with Lewy body dementia experience movement difficulties, such as changes to their posture ...

More referrals followed, more tests and scans. In November 2016 ... Both DLB and PDD fall under the umbrella term of ‘Lewy body dementia’ and both are characterised by the presences of ...

There are many causes of dementia, the most common form being Alzheimer's disease, where memory loss is the most prominent feature. Lewy body dementia contains both Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) ...

A new study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia highlights a significant step forward in diagnosing Dementia with Lewy Bodies ...

In a new study, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) has been associated with the deposition of amyloid-β in the brain. According to Edison and colleagues, these results indicate that most patients ...

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a common neurodegenerative disorder in which patients exhibit symptoms of dementia and parkinsonism along with fluctuations and hallucinations that can be ...

While Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, there are also other common types such as vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia and Frontotemporal dementia. There are also rarer types ...