A Week To Remember

It All Begins with Awareness… Awareness builds knowledge. Knowledge builds power. Power builds research. Research builds treatment. Treatment builds hope. Awareness is our beacon. It’s how Lewy body dementia will come out of the shadows and into the public eye. The Lewy Body Dementia Association is committed to increasing awareness about LBD 365 days a [...]

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NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS DELAYED DIAGNOSIS AND CAREGIVER BURDEN IN LEWY BODY DEMENTIAS

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, July 12, 2010 – Nearly 80% of people with Lewy body dementias (LBD) received a diagnosis for a different cognitive, movement or psychiatric disorder before ultimately learning they had LBD, according to the Lewy Body Dementia Association’s Caregiver Burden in Lewy Body Dementias, released today. This new report reveals people with LBD [...]

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INCREASING KNOWLEDGE: Interviews on Capgras Syndrome sought in Texas and California

INCREASING KNOWLEDGE: Interviews on Capgras Syndrome sought in Texas and California LBDA is urgently seeking persons in Texas or California who have Capgras syndrome, along with their caregiver, for possible interview with an international psychology magazine. Capgras syndrome, which can occur in LBD, is a disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a [...]

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Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s

August 9, 2010 Researchers report that a spinal fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer’s disease. Read the entire article here.

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