http://www.lbda.org/ The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the Lewy body dementias (LBD) en-us http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2433 2009-06-17T00:00:00 http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2429 Ginnie Horst Burkholder 2009-06-10T00:00:00 <p>LBDA is providing&nbsp;medical professionals the latest authoritative information on Lewy body dementia (LBD) through a new online resource.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2427 <p>LBDA is providing&nbsp;medical professionals the latest authoritative information on Lewy body dementia (LBD) through a new online resource.</p> Staff 2009-06-10T00:00:00 http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2417 Staff 2009-06-04T00:00:00 <p>Excerpts from the book &quot;Living with Lewy's&quot; to appear in Lewy Body Dementia Association newsletter. The book is the work of two long-time Lewy body dementia caregivers.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2416 <p>Excerpts from the book &quot;Living with Lewy's&quot; to appear in Lewy Body Dementia Association newsletter. The book is the work of two long-time Lewy body dementia caregivers.</p> Staff 2009-06-04T00:00:00 <p>Volunteers are needed to help facilitate support groups for Lewy body dementia caregivers and provide phone support between meetings.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2415 <p>Volunteers are needed to help facilitate support groups for Lewy body dementia caregivers and provide phone support between meetings.</p> Staff 2009-06-04T00:00:00 <p>The discovery of biomarkers is crucial to the effective diagnosis and treatment of Lewy body dementia. Researchers are making exciting progress in identifying early warning signs of the disease.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2414 <p>The discovery of biomarkers is crucial to the effective diagnosis and treatment of Lewy body dementia. Researchers are making exciting progress in identifying early warning signs of the disease.</p> Staff 2009-06-04T00:00:00 <p>A volunteer is called to advocate for Lewy body dementia 10 years after losing his monther to the disease.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2413 <p>A volunteer is called to advocate for Lewy body dementia 10 years after losing his monther to the disease.</p> Jason M. Rubin 2009-06-04T00:00:00 <p>Tube feeding is not shown to be beneficial to persons with advanced dementia, according to a review of the scientific literature.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2410 <p>Tube feeding is not shown to be beneficial to persons with advanced dementia, according to a review of the scientific literature.</p> Staff 2009-06-03T00:00:00 <p>Lewy body dementia, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological ailments are beginning to show more common elements than researchers had expected.<br /> &nbsp;</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2409 <p>Lewy body dementia, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological ailments are beginning to show more common elements than researchers had expected.<br /> &nbsp;</p> Staff 2009-06-03T00:00:00 <p>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).</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2403 <p>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).</p> Staff 2009-05-25T00:00:00 <p>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.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2402 <p>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.</p> Staff 2009-05-25T00:00:00 <p>Sleep disorders other than insomnia, which are strongly linked to dementia, affect approximatley 59 percent of people ages 70 to 89, reports Mayo neurologist and LBDA Scientific Advisory Board member Dr. Bradley Boeve.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2400 <p>Sleep disorders other than insomnia, which are strongly linked to dementia, affect approximatley 59 percent of people ages 70 to 89, reports Mayo neurologist and LBDA Scientific Advisory Board member Dr. Bradley Boeve.</p> Staff 2009-05-25T00:00:00 <p>British celebrities raise the profile of Parkinson's brain research by donating their brains after death to a London brain bank and encouraging others to do the same.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2347 <p>British celebrities raise the profile of Parkinson's brain research by donating their brains after death to a London brain bank and encouraging others to do the same.</p> Staff 2009-05-11T00:00:00 <p>Dementia patients improve physically and mentally in a structured exercise program.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2334 <p>Dementia patients improve physically and mentally in a structured exercise program.</p> Staff 2009-05-06T00:00:00