Visual and attention impairments are common in Lewy body dementia. For example, some people may find it difficult to recognise objects, or may find that they are distracted during conversation. These problems with vision and attention can help to reliably distinguish Lewy body dementia from Alzheimer’s disease and similar disorders. Therefore, it is important that […]
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 in future. A new clinical trial started in 2018 at a number of different hospitals and research centres across the UK. If you or someone you know would like to […]
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 we have been interviewing people and collecting blood samples to try to understand more about how certain genes affect the likelihood of developing dementia. So far over 5000 people have […]
Here at the Lewy Body Society, we get a lot of calls from and other bodies who are conducting research into dementia. As a charity, funding and supporting research is our main priority, as we know that dementia research is not as advanced as for other common health conditions. It would be wonderful to eventually […]
The Lewy Body Society, a charity dedicated to tackling the second most common form of dementia, has announced the latest recipients of its grants programme. The charity is awarding three grants totalling £314,000 for projects at the University of Cambridge, Newcastle University and Imperial College London. These grants take the total research funding issued by the charity […]
Our second grant for 2018/19 is for a project which aims to develop a new test for Lewy body dementia. Project name Developing biomechanical methods to detect dementia with Lewy bodies Project team Dr Marzena Kurzawa-Akanbi, Dr Christopher Morris, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University (more information here) Prof Phil Whitfield, University of the Highlands and […]
We will soon be announcing the outcome of our grant award process and giving details of the projects we will be supporting in 2019. Our grants programme, which is funded through the generous donations of Lewy Body Society supporters, helps to fund ground-breaking new research into Lewy body dementia. By working with some of the […]
The society has funded a short film to promote awareness of Lewy body dementia. The film was produced by ITN Productions on behalf of the NHS alliance and was launched at their summit on the 6th December in London. The society was represented at the event by our President Prof Ian McKeith who features in […]
Dementia with Lewy bodies has a unique genetic profile, distinct from those of Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease, according to the first large-scale genetic study of this common type of dementia. The genome-wide association study, conducted by a UCL-led collaboration of 65 academics in 11 countries and funded by Alzheimer’s Society and the Lewy Body […]
Here is a link to an excellent report on the recent International Dementia with Lewy Bodies Conference held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (01 – 04 December 2015). Conference Link.
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