Alison Killen writes…. I am a research assistant working at Newcastle University and I am very pleased to introduce a new study which the Lewy Body Society have kindly agreed to support. There is a lot of work ongoing to develop tests and treatments which will help people with DLB in the future but it […]
Allison Bentley is a Dementia Research Nurse working in Cambridge, who has developed a special interest in the physical (autonomic) symptoms associated with Lewy body disease. Lewy body disease can sometimes affect a person’s autonomic (involuntary) nervous system, which leads to changes in bladder and bowel function and temperature control. It can also lead to […]
Thank you to Kate Riddick who together with her parents has completed a sponsored walk to raise funds for The Lewy Body Society, Kate’s Grannie has DLB. The following was written by Kate:- “We set off early up the Northumberland Coast to just north of Beadnell. It was a lovely sunny, warm but quite windy […]
Join us in celebrating 10 years of research into DLB. This exciting event will bring together researchers and clinicians from across the UK who will be presenting their work and talking about the latest research developments into DLB supported by the LBS. There are a Limited number of free places email engagement@ncl.ac.uk or call 0191 […]
Donations can now be made to the charity via Virgin Money Giving. Also, if you are doing a sponsored event you can now use either JustGiving or Virgin Money Giving.
Scott Lewis took part in the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for the Lewy Body Society in memory of his grandmother, Gloria Dobson, who died recently after battling the disease for 13 years. The 26-year-old from Holywell was joined by ten friends from Newcastle University to climb the three highest peaks in Scotland, England […]
Angela Dancocks is an A&E doctor and was working in Australia when her Mum was diagnosed with DLB. She returned from Australia 2 years ago and since then has kept a weekly blog of her visits to see her Mum in her care home. Read it here.
Conor McGinn, MP and Lewy Body Society ambassador, was the leader of a Parliamentary debate on dementia with Lewy bodies. On 26 April 2016 Lewy Body Society Ambassador, Conor McGinn MP, led a Westminster Hall debate to increase awareness of DLB and seek support for those people whose lives are affected by it. A transcript […]
June 6, 2016 was the 10th anniversary of the Lewy Body Society’s registration with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. In honour of the Society’s much loved patron, June Brown, for the second year the Society designated the entire month of June as Polka Dot-ty Days. During this awareness-raising campaign people were urged […]
LBS CEO Jacqueline Cannon is proud to be a Join Dementia Research Champion Read more in the JDR article here: at http://news.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/meet-join-dementia-research-…
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