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TV presenter Rob Rinder is calling for more research into Lewy body dementia, and better support for people – like his dad – that are Read More Calling for early diagnosis and quality support for LBD on World Alzheimer’s Day
LBD Clinical Trials around the World - Lewy Body Dementia …
Nov 5, 2024 · The COmBining memantine And cholinesterase inhibitors in Lewy body dementia Treatment trial (COBALT) is testing a combination of two classes of medication to see if it improves overall health and functioning in people with LBD, including both DLB and PDD.
What Robin Williams’ widow wants you to know about the future of Lewy …
Jul 1, 2022 · After Robin Williams died by suicide in August 2014, his widow, Susan Schneider Williams, would soon learn about a disease she had never heard of, but one that had haunted both of their lives. That...
Clinical Trial Results: What We Learned from Recent Phase 2 Trials …
In the last 6 months, three Phase 2 clinical trials for investigational drugs in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have reported results. These include interim results from a small study of nilotinib, and topline results from trials of neflamapimod and CT1812 – the RewinD-LB and SHIMMER trials, respectively.
An Alzheimer's Drug May Also Slow Lewy Body Dementia - U.S. News …
Aug 26, 2024 · The medications, known as ChEIs, significantly slowed cognitive decline in Lewy body dementia patients compared to another Alzheimer’s drug called memantine, researchers reported Aug. 23 in the...
Cleveland Clinic Research Shows Strong Link Between Lewy Body …
Feb 14, 2024 · New Cleveland Clinic research found the presence of Lewy body pathology – abnormal aggregations of the proteins alpha-synuclein and neurites in the brain – in association with Alzheimer’s disease greatly increased the risk …
Latest Research News - Lewy Body
One of the Lewy Body Society’s main aims is to support research into Lewy body dementia, to help improve diagnosis and treatment of the disease. We would like to invite you to take part in a new research study hosted by a research group based at Cardiff University. Since 2004.
New research may help diagnosis and treatment of Lewy body …
Two newly published research studies, led by Dr Jay Amin from the University of Southampton and supported by the Lewy Body Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK, have offered fresh evidence on what happens to the immune system when a …
LBDRC In The News - Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center
What is Lewy body dementia, the disease Robin Williams’ widow called ‘the terrorist’ inside his brain?
Genetic study of Lewy body dementia supports ties to Alzheimer…
Feb 16, 2021 · In a study led by National Institutes of Health researchers, scientists found that five genes may play a critical role in determining whether a person will suffer from Lewy body dementia, a devastating disorder that riddles the brain with clumps of abnormal protein deposits called Lewy bodies.