Loved ones of Alzheimers patients cope with the unknown Sep 20, 2008
He has Lewy body disease, in which abnormal proteins in the brain cause symptoms of multiple diseases Alzheimer s and Parkinson s, in Challand s case. Challand was diagnosed with Parkinson s disease 11 years ago and with Alzheimer s four years ago, his wife, Shirley, said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Research offers hope for Derbyshire dementia patients Aug 15, 2008
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have managed to produce a mouse which has the same type of brain degeneration seen in Lewy body disease a condition which shares characteristics with Alzheim-er's and Parkinson's disease ... About 700,000 people in the UK currently suffer from dementia, about 15% of whom have Lewy body disease, and this figure is expected to double within a generation. (Derby Evening Telegraph)
Scientists claim 'breakthrough' in understanding dementia Aug 15, 2008
Praising the research, Rebecca Wood of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said: "This is a crucial breakthrough for scientists fighting Lewy body disease. Further research using these models will enable us to find new drug targets.". Weather. (Hindu)
For him, a flight into the wild blue yonder Jul 21, 2008
Despite a long battle with Alzheimer's, Lewy body disease and restricting physical conditions, in addition to uncertain weather conditions, his beaming smile was unmistakable as he was led toward the Cessna 177 Cardinal. Gusts of wind flapped against the flags held at attention by the Legion members, as Mr. Hill was assisted into the two-seater single-prop plane by 21-year-old Jamie Shidel-Holmes, president of a White Oak-based nonprofit group, Jamie's Dream Team, which organized the flight. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Thomas Patrick McCole, 84, engineer who led Polaroid lab Jun 20, 2008
Mr. McCole, formerly of South Boston, died Tuesday morning of Parkinson's disease and Lewy body disease, an illness similar to Alzheimer's disease. Mr. McCole was born in Ireland but moved to South Boston with his parents and siblings in 1924 when he was an infant. (Boston Globe)
1/3 of risk for dementia attributable to small vessel disease, autopsy study shows Apr 7, 2008
With 55 percent of the risk for dementia attributable to Alzheimer's and Lewy Body Dementia, these findings underscore the therapeutic imperative for developing new pharmacologic and other means of preventing or delaying the onset of Alzheimer's and Lewy Body disease, says Dr. Montine. But the unexpected finding that a third of the risk for dementia is related to small vessel disease also provides an additional reason to control hypertension and diabetes: not only to protect cardiovascular and... (EurekAlert!)
My Daily Battle Mar 23, 2008
In my case, Parkinson's is a 24-hour-a-day affair, because the associated Lewy body disease brings forth vivid nightmares and violent sleep on a weekly basis, nightmares so realistic that I am likely to act them out. I have dreamed of being attacked and, in an effort to fight back, have inadvertently struck my wife, Vicki. (Boston Globe)
Minds silent struggles Dec 29, 2007
This most commonly was Alzheimers disease pathology and cerebral infarcts (strokes), followed by Alzheimers disease and Lewy body disease, a disease related to Parkinsons disease, she said. Exercise your mind. (MSNBC -- Health)
Most older adults have brain disease: study Dec 29, 2007
"This most commonly was Alzheimer's disease pathology and cerebral infarcts (strokes), followed by Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body disease, a disease related to Parkinson's disease," she said. Older persons without dementia also frequently had brain disease, most commonly Alzheimer's-like disease, but also multiple other abnormalities, Schneider noted. (Scientific American)
Evercare Unveils Details of Nation's First Alzheimer's Disease Special Needs Plan in Phoenix Oct 24, 2007
Other types of dementia are caused by disorders such as Parkinson s disease, Lewy Body disease, and vascular dementia. People living with Alzheimer s disease and dementia, and their family caregivers, face special challenges in managing their illness: patients may forget to take their medications which can affect other medical conditions, they may wander off, they often become disoriented and are prone to falling, and they may become aggressive and violent. (BusinessWire)
Alzheimer's drug's impact hailed May 16, 2007
Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said: "Although the scientists looked at Lewy Body disease rather than Alzheimer's, the two conditions have much in common and this study shows how a class of drugs, restricted by NICE for so-called performance reasons, do help to prevent the physical progression of dementia.". SEE ALSO 11 Oct 06 | Health 23 Mar 06 | Health 10 Oct 06 | Health. (BBC News -- Health)
Sports writer George Kiseda, the 'Silver Quill,' dies in Calif. May 16, 2007
Kiseda died early Sunday of a form of dementia called Lewy body disease at an Alzheimer's care facility in Orange County, his brother Jim said Monday from his home in Hopewell Junction, N.Y. Kiseda had been at the San Juan Capistrano facility since November. Uncompromising and honest, Kiseda was a cult figure to many journalists in part because he crusaded about civil rights issues in sports in the 1950s, long before anyone paid attention to minority athletes, his brother said. (NEPA News, PA)
George Kiseda, 80; sports journalist was a cult figure to peers May 14, 2007
Kiseda had been in failing health for some time with a degenerative illness called Lewy body disease, said Liz Pataki, a longtime friend. Principled and uncompromising, Kiseda was ahead of his time in writing about civil rights issues in sports when it wasn't only controversial but career-threatening. (Los Angeles Times)
Alzheimer's Prevalence Tops Five Million in US Mar 21, 2007
The other early-onset dementia cases may be attributable to Lewy body disease, frontotemporal disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, Parkinson's disease, or Creutzfeldt-Jakob, the report said. The prevalence estimates were derived primarily from a single Chicago research team's studies in 2003 that were extrapolated to 2007, at the request of the Alzheimer's Association. (MedPage Today)
