Researchers with the U.S. Autonomic Disorders Consortium have shown a simple, bedside test can help spot underlying neurological disorders like Lewy body dementia (LBD) in people who have orthostatic hypotension […]

An LBD research advance by scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is making headlines. Using a procedure called a lumbar puncture (or spinal tap), researchers diagnosed two Lewy […]

Motor symptoms improved with add-on therapy of seizure medication. Researchers in Japan published promising data on a Phase II clinical trial on an existing medication (for seizures) in people with […]

The human genome is a complete set of a person’s DNA. Serving as a blueprint for all cells in the body, the genome contains about 20,000 genes. The first human […]

Could a skin biopsy diagnose LBD? New research suggests skin biopsies may hold strong potential to help diagnose dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The study reveals two important changes associated […]

To be diagnosed with Lewy body dementia (LBD), a person must first have dementia. Simply put, this means a person has had a decline in their cognitive (thinking) abilities that […]

If you talk with families, many will share that getting a diagnosis for one specific form of LBD, called dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), was a challenge.  Sometimes the diagnosis […]

In LBD clinical research, scientists use tests that measure both the symptoms of a disease and also what biological changes are underway. Those tests that detect the presence or progression […]

Many people with one specific form of LBD, called dementia with Lewy bodies or DLB, develop problems with their autonomic nervous system. This is the part of the nervous system […]

The loss of smell is a common symptom in LBD, Parkinson’s disease and even Alzheimer’s disease. New research suggests the loss of smell in Parkinson’s disease (PD) may help predict […]