Common drugs linked to dementia risk in elderly
The long-term use of certain medications with anticholinergic effects, such as antidepressants, hay fever and allergy treatments and sleep aids, could be linked to an
The long-term use of certain medications with anticholinergic effects, such as antidepressants, hay fever and allergy treatments and sleep aids, could be linked to an
Dr John-Paul Taylor is a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow at the Institute for Ageing, which forms part of the University of Newcastle. His research
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
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
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
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
The Lewy Body Society provided funds which contributed to this piece of research “Unique Genes involved in Lewy Body Dementia” Unique genes involved in
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
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