In Dementia Action Week (19 - 25 May 2025), Jacqui Cannon, CEO of the Wigan-based Lewy Body Society, said: “The Government and the NHS must prioritise dementia. It is a shocking truth that one in ...

Stand at attention for an off-kilter sign of this particular kind of dementia. Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which gradually destroys memory, thinking skills, and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like most variations of dementia, LBD is a complex neurodegenerative disorder, and the exact causes are not yet completely ...

When Jackie Bezos, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' mom, died in 2025, her death helped increase public awareness of a specific type of dementia. Called Lewy body dementia, it's a disease that progressively ...

Neflamapimod, an experimental, oral drug targeting neuroinflammation being developed by CervoMed, led to a significant reduction in a key blood biomarker of neurodegeneration, which correlated with a ...

Proteins form the building blocks of life, but when they form unusual clumps inside the brain, they raise an alarm that something isn't right.

Studies headed by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have uncovered a possible molecular connection between air pollution and an increased risk of developing Lewy body dementia (LBD). The team ...

Hospice use varies depending on whether a person has Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia or Alzheimer’s disease and those with Parkinson’s may have more unmet needs, a new study finds. Researchers ...

We know inhaling polluted air harms our lungs—but what about our brains? According to compelling new research, pollution may put you at higher risk of being hospitalized for one of the most common ...

CervoMed's neflamapimod capsules show increased efficacy in treating dementia with Lewy bodies, with promising safety results and lower fall incidence. The new capsules led to higher plasma ...