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Months after actor and comedian Robin Williams took his own life in August 2014, autopsy results revealed he had a ...

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.

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) ...

This Centre’s research aims to address the cause, cure, care, and prevention of Lewy body dementia. By considering all elements of the disease, this Centre will pave the way for new treatments that ...

Researchers in Japan scored a world first by imaging how a substance responsible for Parkinson’s disease and Lewy ... and two suffering from Lewy body dementia. Images of the subjects ...

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 ...