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View Post: U.S. Family Caregiver Postage Stamp Petition Needs Your Signature ...
23 Nov 2009 by Holly  
Carmen Foundation Challenge · Cholinesterase inhibitors for LBD · Clinical Findings, Functional Abilities and Caregiver distress in the Early Stage of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) · Cognitive and Brain ...
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View Post: Lewy Body Dementia Association TV Channel on You Tube « A ...
8 Nov 2009 by David Thomas, MD  
You'll find excerpted lectures, and information pertaining to Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) including new trends, difficulties in diagnosing and behavioral challenges associated with LBD. Please feel free to subscribe to this channel. ...
View Blog: A Psychiatrist with Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) - http://knittingdoc.wordpress.com/

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View Post: Caregiver's dilemma - Taking the car keys
12 Nov 2009 by Amy and Gerald Throop  
Due to Lewy body dementia patients' cognitive loss, slow reaction time, and visual-spatial difficulties in judging distances, experts advise patients not to drive. The visual-spatial problems relate to faulty visual perception of ...
View Blog: Lewy Body Dementia Association - http://www.lbda.org/

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View Post: Lewy Body Dementia, Dad and Me: Very happy with care facility
16 Nov 2009 by no1daughteroflewydad  
Lewy Body Dementia, Dad and Me. My journey with my Dad and Lewy Body Dementia and Alzheimers. Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Very happy with care facility ... RingSurf: Dementia Ring. Dementia · Powered By Ringsurf. About Me ...
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View Post: Alzheimer's Reading Room: What is Lewy Body Dementia ? (LBD)
27 Sep 2009
Lewy body dementia shares characteristics with both Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Like Alzheimer's, it causes confusion. Like Parkinson's, it can result in rigid muscles, slowed movement and tremors. ...
View Blog: Alzheimer's Reading Room - http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/

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View Post: Mild cognitive impairment associated with limbic and neocortical ...
4 Nov 2009 by Molano, J., Boeve, B., Ferman, T., Smith,...  
There are little data on the relationship between Lewy body disease and mild cognitive impairment syndromes. The Mayo Clinic aging and dementia databases in Rochester, Minnesota, and Jacksonville, Florida were queried for cases who were ...
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View Post: Forms of Dementia
9 Nov 2009 by Gardenrain  
Lewy Body dementia is characterized by distinct cognitive impairment with fluctuating confusion, disturbance of consciousness, visual hallucinations, delusions, falls, and significant parkinsonism. The hallmark feature is the widespread ...
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View Post: Weisz Picks Up Richardson Theatre Award
6 hours ago by Bureau News  
Zaldivar, co-founder of New York City's premiere Spanish-language theater company, Repertorio Español, died on Tuesday (06Oct09) from complications of Lewy body disease, a form of dementia. Smith 'frightened' Of New Theatre Role ...
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View Post: Cambridge
7 Nov 2009 by Reynolds  
He started speaking as if he were lecturing a class, clean and clear received pronunciation, “CLBD-7 stands for Contagious Lewy Body Dementia, and it was the Seventh strain that we discovered. That's what the seven is for. ...
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View Post: Discussing dementia
18 Nov 2009 by editor  
Dementia has many types, the Alzheimer's Dementia and Vascular Dementia are the most common while other less common types include Lewy Body Dementia. A common symptom is progressive memory problem. There may be decline in language or ...
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