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

While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, there’s another variation that is also relatively prevalent. Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects more than 1 million people in the US. It is ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband recently died from the effects of Lewy body disease. A sister of a friend in Florida died from it too. You've mentioned it, but didn't expand on it. I wonder if you would.

Lewy body dementia affects more than one million people in the United States. It has two forms: Dementia with Lewy bodies and ...

Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal ...

Alzheimer's disease and dementia are two diseases that many Americans are all too familiar with, but there is another dementia that plagued the late comedian Robin Williams. Alzheimer's disease and ...

Q: My husband was just diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. Can you help me understand this? A: I am sorry about this recent diagnosis. Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is a complex and challenging brain ...

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 ...

There is currently no cure for dementia with Lewy bodies, which is the 2nd most common type of dementia. Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet have found that Alzheimer’s disease medications ...

Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan, the third-winningest coach in NBA history, has Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, he revealed Wednesday to the The Salt Lake Tribune. Sloan, who still lives in Utah ...