A very happy 4th of July to all.
May your day be filled with family and friends, BBQ’s and fireworks.
Happy Birthday, America.
Happy Independence Day
July 4, 2009 by Holly
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Lewy & Dementia Related Blogs
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Lewy Related Resources
- “Shape-shifting” found in LBD-related protein
- 21st Century Neurology
- ABC News: OnCall+ Alzheimer’s
- Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Treatment is Associated with Relatively Slow Cognitive Decline in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and AD + DLB
- ALZforum's Webinar: Betwixt and Intermixed—Dementia With Lewy Bodies
- Alzheimer Research Forum: 9-part series including LBD
- American Federation For Aging Research
- Amyloid load in Parkinson’s Disease Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia
- An Introduction to Lewy Body Dementia by the LBDA
- Anesthesia And Alzheimer’s Disease
- Antidepressant Eases Anxiety in Older Adults
- Antipsychotics and Dementia Patients Article- News Inferno
- Antipsychotics and Dementia Patients- NY Times Article
- Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer’s Patients
- Bath scientists uncover new clues in dementia mystery
- Brain Autopsies and Brain Donations
- Brain Banks Across the United States
- Brain Donation Research
- Brain's Immune System not Activated in Alzheimer's
- Breakthrough in Dementia Research
- British Celebs to Donate Brains for Parkinson’s Research
- British LBD Society
- Can cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce the risk of dementia?
- Carmen Foundation Challenge
- Cholinesterase inhibitors for LBD
- Clinical Findings, Functional Abilities and Caregiver distress in the Early Stage of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
- Cognitive and Brain Experts Urge Consumer Caution on Memory Fitness Products
- Cold Sore Virus Linked to Alzheimer’s
- Common Anesthetic Induces Alzheimer’s-associated Changes In Mouse Brains
- Comprehensive Treatment Approach Improves Quality of Life
- Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease?
- Current Issues in LBD Diagnosis, Treatment and Research
- Dancing helps Parkinson’s Patients
- Delirium Accelerates Memory Loss in Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease
- Dementia Often Missed as Cause of Death
- Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Overview
- Dementia.com
- Diagnosing A Mystery
- Diagnosis of Parkinsonian Syndrome Often Changes
- Disturbed Sleep Tied to Parkinson’s Risk
- Doctor Says Coconut Oil Lessened Alzheimer’s Effects On Her Husband
- Dr. Boeve Continuum
- Dr. Boeve Symposium Presentation on MCI and LBD
- Dr. Galasko Continuum
- Dr. Gott: It may not be Alzheimer’s
- Dr. Graboy’s Personal Battle With LBD- Article
- Drink A Day May Delay Dementia
- Dying from Dementia: New England Journal of Medicine Editorial Advocates for Palliative Care
- eMedicine: Lewy Body Dementia Clinical Reference
- Exercise calms agitation associated with dementia
- Exercises for the Parkinson Patient
- Fatal Protein Interactions May Explain Neurological Diseases
- FDA Public Health Advisory: Transdermal Drug Patches with Metallic Backings
- For Emergency Room Physicians: Treating LBD Psychosis
- Help Guide LBD Info
- Husband Makes Recovery From Overmedication
- Illinois Congressman Evan Lane Battles LBD
- Late-Dementia Suffering Often Unnecessary
- LBD and the Neurobehavioral Decline of Mervyn Peake
- LBD Art Benefit
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- LBDA Resources
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- Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease With Dementia
- Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA)
- Lewy Body Dementia Is Not Alzheimer’s
- Lewy Body Dementia- Case Report & Discussion
- Lewy Body Dementia- MayoClinic.com
- Lewy Body Dementia- What is it?
- Lewy Body Dementia; One Couple’s Story
- Lewy Body Pathology Involves Cutaneous Nerves
- Lewy Body Society UK's Youtube Channel
- Lighting up Parkinson’s disease research
- Living with a ‘gift that keeps on taking’
- Long-Term use of rivastigmine in patients with LBD
- Look good, feel good: Top foods for beauty, health
- Lower Dementia Drug Dosage May Be Better
- Mass General Institute For Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Mayo Clinic LBD Info
- Mayo Clinic/CNN Report on LBD
- Medial temporal lobe atrophy on MRI differentiates Alzheimer’s disease from LBD…
- Medical Breakthrough in Dementia & Parkinsons Research
- Mediterranean Diet and Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Medline Plus: Dementia
- Melatonin
- Melatonin and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
- Melatonin Helps Alleviate Violent Sleep Disorder Symptom
- Message to Physicians Treating LBD (LBDA)
- Michael J. Fox Foundation
- Midlife Coffee And Tea Drinking May Protect Against Late-life Dementia
- Mild Cognitive Impairment Symposium: Lewy Body Disease and MCI
- Music Therapy For Dementia Patients
- Namenda Study
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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- National Long Term Care National Ombudsman Resource Center
- Neurologists, Imaging Scientists Use Medical Physics to Spot Disease in Blood Vessels
- New MRI Test Can Diagnose AD, LBD, FTLD
- New Tests Aid in Detection of Parkinson’s Disease
- Northborough Golf Tourney Swings at Disease
- NY Times: In ‘Sweetie’ and ‘Dear,’ a Hurt for the Elderly
- Optical Scientists, Psychiatrists Develop Minimally Invasive Eye Test for Alzheimer’s
- Parkinson’s sufferers get their groove back through dance
- Parkinson’s Virtual Reality Gait Training Device Improves Quality of Life
- PBS Frontline Special: A Report on Parkinson’s Disease
- PET Scan Accuracy in Diagnosing Dementia
- PET’s Targeted Imaging May Lead to Earlier, More Accurate Diagnosis of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Pharmacological Management of Some Neuropsychiatric Diseases in the Elderly
- Positive Outlook Cuts Chances of Dementia
- Presynaptic {alpha}-Synuclein Aggregates, Not Lewy Bodies, Cause Neurodegeneration in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
- Psychiatrists Can Predict Onset of Alzheimer’s with New EEG Test
- Reducing the Use of Inappropriate Medications
- Removal of Darvon and Darvocet from the market
- Respectful Adult Communication Improves Quality of Alzheimer Care
- Review: Do Feeding Tubes Help or Harm in Advanced Dementia?
- Rivastigmine in the treatment of LBD
- Scientists Claim Breakthrough In Understanding LBD
- Selective dendritic degeneration of medium spiny neurons in dementia with Lewy bodies
- Senior use of psychiatric drugs spikes
- Simple Exercise Keeps Brain at Top of Its Game
- Supplements of vitamin D could cut Alzheimer’s risk
- The Clinical Course of Advanced Dementia
- Tourney Focuses on Rare Illness
- Toxicity Mechanism Identified For Parkinson’s Disease
- Toxicity Mechanism Identified For Parkinson’s Disease
- Treatment of Swallowing Disorders
- Trial drugs ‘reverse’ Alzheimer’s
- U.S. Clinical Trials for Lewy Body Dementia
- UCSF Memory & Aging Center Channel
- Understanding Behavioral Changes in Dementia (LBDA)
- Understanding LBD: 10 Things You Should Know
- Uni Research Into Dementia
- WE MOVE (Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders)
- Why Music Matters for Alzheimer’s Patients
- Wii And Yoga To Help Alzheimer’s Patients
- Wikipedia: Lewy Body Dementia
- Yoga Dance for Parkinsons
- Young Dementia
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