Changes in attention, cognition, and arousal are seen in dementia with Lewy bodies, but a new study also shows cognitive fluctuations occur in people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Scientific Advisory Board members James Galvin, M.D, M.P.H., and Brad Boeve, M.D., are cited in this Neurology Now article on Lewy body and other dementias.

Antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients are a form of chemical restraint and are responsible for 1,800 deaths a year, says a new report on care in Britain's National Health System.

Dementia will double in 20 years to affect 115.4 million by 2050, according to a report by advocacy group Alzheimer's Disease International.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic are were able to correctly predict pathological conditions 75 percent to 80 percent of the time using MRI. The study was presented at the 2009  Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Vienna. 

Along with colleagues, James Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., an associate professor at Washington University have modeled Parkinson's-associated dementia for the first time. Their results are reported in the journal Sleep and summarized here.

LBDA is providing medical professionals the latest authoritative information on Lewy body dementia (LBD) through a new online resource.

Tube feeding is not shown to be beneficial to persons with advanced dementia, according to a review of the scientific literature.

Lewy body dementia, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological ailments are beginning to show more common elements than researchers had expected.
 

MRI and PET may be able to help distinguish between Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia patients, reported a Mayo Clinic researcher at the recent American Academy of Neurology meeting.

A couple sets out to an adventurous bike trek from Seattle, Wash., down the West Coast to meet and film interviews with people they are calling Children of Young-Onset Dementia (COYOD).