Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study, out today in ...

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a type of dementia caused by abnormal protein deposits in the brain, called Lewy bodies. The ...

Dutch researchers found differences in life expectancy by gender, geographic region, and age at dementia diagnosis. View on ...

Among the key findings, age at diagnosis emerged as the strongest predictor of survival time. For women diagnosed at age 60, ...

Cases of dementia ... life expectancy. Exclude reversible causes of dementia first. The common dementia syndromes in clinical practice are Alzheimer's disease, vasculardementia, dementia with Lewy ...

The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women ...

The most common is Alzheimer’s, but others include Vascular (lots of mini strokes), Lewy ... with dementia has stabilised. But the biggest risk factor for dementia is age – as life expectancy ...

A 72-year-old man with a 6-month history of cognitive impairment and visual hallucination presented to an emergency room after repeated falls a few days ago. His wife felt that he had been slow in ...