Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like most variations of dementia, LBD is a complex neurodegenerative disorder, and the exact causes are not yet completely ...

Depression in older adults may sometimes signal the early stages of Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Researchers found that depression often appears years before diagnosis and remains ...

Another important discovery involved the sense of smell. Many people who had early signs of the disease also had trouble ...

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a type of dementia caused by abnormal protein deposits in the brain, called Lewy bodies. The deposits cause chemical changes in the brain, leading to problems with thinking ...

Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study. Although DLB is the second most common neurodegenerative dementia following Alzheimer's ...

Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published May 28, 2022. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase ...

Jackie Bezos, Jeff Bezos' mother and one of the first investors in Amazon, passed away at the age of 78 on Thursday (August 14, 2025) in Miami. Bezos said on social media that his mother had Lewy body ...

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a common form of dementia that currently has no cure. Recent research has suggested that gut bacteria may play a role in Parkinson’s disease, but the specific ...

She looked at me with tears in her eyes, and I said, “Isn’t it nice to love someone so much that saying goodbye is so hard?” Her face relaxed, as if through the disease she was able to grasp a moment ...