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Banbury Centre, Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Prof Ian McKeith (President of The Lewy Body Society) is leading a 2½day meeting on Lewy Body Dementia at the Banbury Centre, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. He received the invitation from Jim Watson (of Watson and Crick DNA fame) who was keen to support a coming together of the world’s leading LB researchers. A […]

Patsy Belles Charity Canvas Raffle

Patsy Belle Charity canvas raffle Your chance to win an A2 crystal personalised canvas with all monies raised going straight to Lewy Body Society They will be using the national lottery bonus ball to find the winner. Saturday 15th November will be the National Lottery Bonus Ball they will use to decide their WINNER numbers […]

The 9th UK Dementia Congress 2014

We are please to announce that The Lewy Body Society will again this year have a stand at the UK Dementia Congress on the 10, 11 & 12 November 2014, Hilton Brighton Metropole. The largest annual dementia-focused event in the UK and the whole of Europe returns to Brighton this autumn. Over nine years the […]

Mayor calls for investment into Dementia

Mayor Boris Johnson has called for more investment into a International Dementia Research Institute. This comes as early analysis shows that tackling the problem of dementia via an institute could contribute £850 million to the UK economy and nearly 2000 jobs. The article is entitled: ‘Mayor calls for investment into Dementia” ITV London Website.

Nobel Prize for the brain’s GPS discovery

The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists who discovered the brain’s “GPS system”. UK-based researcher Prof John O’Keefe as well as May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser share the award. They discovered how the brain knows where we are and is able to navigate from one place to another. The […]

Dementia Friendly Design

There are an estimated 44 million people with dementia worldwide, and that figure is set to escalate dramatically over the coming decades. For those with the condition, well-designed surroundings can make a real difference – and can even increase life expectancy. A centre in Scotland teaches simple techniques to make homes and hospitals dementia-friendly, as […]

In Memory of Geoffrey Hadley by his wife, Margaret

In Memory of Geoffrey Hadley by his wife, Margaret Geoff Hadley was born in Stoke-on Trent on 7th February 1932. His father was in the mining industry and his mother was a primary school teacher . An only child ,Geoff attended Longton Boys High School and then went on to Birmingham University where he obtained […]

LBS research will speed up drug testing

Dr Tilo Kunath of the University of Edinburgh received funding from the Lewy Body Society to make live models of cortical neurons (brain cells) affected by dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) to be used to test new drugs for DLB. Dr Kunath’s team produced a significant advance which will speed up the testing of new […]

Unique genes involved in Lewy body dementia

  The Lewy Body Society provided funds which contributed to this piece of research “Unique Genes involved in Lewy Body Dementia” Unique genes involved in Lewy body dementia A team of researchers from around the world has found that some genes play different roles in Lewy body dementia compared to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The discovery, […]

BBC Series – Saints & Scroungers

The Lewy Body Society has been approached by the BBC Series – Saints & Scroungers. They have asked if we have a supporter who would be willing to appear in the series. The person would need to appear in the program and be filmed with a carer in their own home. Focus for the program […]