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 ...

Who is at risk for Lewy body dementia? Age is considered the biggest risk factor for the disease. Most cases have no known trigger, although a handful of gene mutations can predispose someone to LBD.

Lewy body dementia is the second most common form of dementia in older people but is still relatively unknown. Its symptoms are quite different to other types of dementia so it frequently ...

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

Lewy Body Dementia is a brain disease that mainly targets people above 50. It’s an incurable disease that doesn’t allow the patient to lead an ordinary life; they won’t be able to do their everyday ...

Robin Williams, the Oscar-winning actor, died by suicide after the rapid onset of Lewy body dementia, which significantly affected the quality of his life and was only diagnosed after his death.

The study published in the BMJ analysed 261 studies involving over 5.5 million people with dementia. The researchers observed that the age of the patient has a significant role to play in life ...

including vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia and mixed dementia. Specific types impact varying brain parts and can cause a range of symptoms. “Advanced age is the No ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet and Mayo Clinic has revealed important insights into brain degeneration in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB ... Longitudinal FDG-PET Metabolic Change Along the ...