The Lewy Body Society is very pleased and proud to announce that it is now funding a 3 year clinical research fellowship to Dr Jay Amin at Southampton University. Dr Amin is investigating the role of systemic and central inflammation in dementia with Lewy bodies. The LBS does not have the capability to administer research […]
Researchers based in Bristol and London have uncovered a link between Lewy body diseases like Parkinson’s and the brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s. To read the full article just click the link.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Although the headline cites Alzheimer’s, the article mentions Lewy Body Dementia and details an important study. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/health/fetal-gene-may-protect-brain-fr…
Our CEO Jacquie Cannon partcicpated at a recent 10 Downing Street workshop on dementia. Here his her report: Tuesday 24th September 2013 – I attended a workshop at No.10 to prepare for the G8 Summit on Dementia Research on the 11th December 2013. It was an honor to represent the Lewy Body Society and great […]
An article by Pat Snyder Pat has written an interesting account of one woman’s experience of using the drug melatonin to overcome her husband’s acute sleeplessness. For an edited version of the article please click here. Melatonin is available on the web or by prescription from your doctor who should be consulted before use. Pat […]
Researchers at Nottingham Trent University are looking for volunteers to take part in a photographic study exploring the role of places for identity and memory for people with dementia. Participation will include taking photos of your important places and discussing them with a researcher. Cameras are provided and all responses will be kept confidential and […]
Although DLB has been “known about” as a diagnosis for almost 20 years, progress in spreading this knowledge has been hampered by it lacking official recognition in the formal systems which are used by healthcare and research funders. One of the two most influential systems is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) […]
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