Research is ongoing to find out whether this is the case for other types of dementia, such as dementia with Lewy bodies too ... to replace the oestrogen that women’s body stops making during menopause ...

This type of medication is prescribed to people with mild symptoms of Alzheimer's or dementia with Lewy bodies. These are: donepezil (Aricept) rivastigmine (Exelon) galantamine (Reminyl) How do ...

Lewy body dementia is the second most common cause of neurodegenerative dementia. According to Dementia UK, Lewy body dementia accounts for about 10-15% of dementia cases, which means that about ...

The appeal of whole-body scans is clear: Who wouldn’t want to catch an illness before it causes serious damage? The problem, according to experts, is that, except in very rare cases ...

today announced that it will deliver an oral presentation providing detailed safety and efficacy results from its completed RewinD-LB Phase 2b clinical trial of neflamapimod in dementia with Lewy ...

This is all done by biometric impedance analysis (BIA), which involves sending a small electrical current through to different body parts. From there, the smart scales use data from the speed of ...

A form of primary degenerative dementia called Lewy body dementia (LBD) often develops when these aggregations develop into intracellular inclusions called Lewy bodies (LB) and Lewy neurites (LN).

Dementia encompasses a spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders significantly impacting global health, with environmental factors increasingly recognized as crucial in their etiology. Among these, ...

Getting injured after a fall may be an early warning sign of dementia in older adults. That’s according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open last month. "This study quantifies a ...

It’s a broad term that covers the effects on people of a number of different medical conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, the Lewy body dementias and more. The effects ...