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2008 Articles

Scientists claim breakthrough in understanding LBD

The development allows scientists the first ever opportunity to map the onset of the disease, similar to Alzheimer's, and track how drugs affect it.

LBD Strikes a True Hall of Famer

CEO of the Professional Football Hall of Fame entered premature retirement in December, 2005, after diagnosis with LBD. 

Estelle Getty, 84, dies after battle with Lewy body dementia

Estelle Getty, whose acting career bloomed late in life with her Emmy-winning performance as Sophia Petrillo, the wisecracking mother of Bea Arthur's character on the popular NBC sitcom "The Golden Girls," died Tuesday. She was 84.

Northborough golf tourney swings at disease

Northborough golf tourney swings at disease

Diagnosing a mystery; Lewy body disease is often mistaken for other types of dementia

In 2003, Milton Carmen, a Yale-educated physicist and successful real estate developer, noticed a disturbing trend. At age 79, he was struggling to find the words he wanted to use. A neurologist prescribed him a medication used to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

Sleep disorder linked to neurodegenerative conditions

p>Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder -- a condition in which people act out often violent and disturbing dreams -- is associated with anxiety, apathy, lower levels of attention and executive functioning, and symptoms of Parkinson's disease, according to three new studies.
 

 

Brookline cardiologist writes about battle with dementia

Dr. Tom Graboys wakes up every morning unable to move. He fumbles clumsily with his money in line at the grocery store and struggles to understand the operation on an ATM machine.

My Daily Battle

My Daily Battle

Art for LBD Awareness

An art exhibition will be held from Aug. 9-Sept. 6 at Distinction Gallery and Artist Studios in Escondido (www.distinctionart.com) to benefit LBDA. The gallery is is hoping to raise $10,000 for the Lewy Body Dementia Association.