Ted Turner, Robin Williams, and Estelle Getty were all diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, the second-most common form of ...

Stand at attention for an off-kilter sign of this particular kind of dementia. Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which gradually destroys memory, thinking skills, and the ...

Dear Carol: My dad has Lewy body dementia (LBD) and likely Alzheimer’s, as well. The current crisis is that he thinks bugs are crawling all over the ceiling, which I’m told is common with LBD. It ...

Reviewed by Anton Porsteinsson, MD, Director of the University of Rochester Alzheimer’s Disease Care, Research and Education Program (AD-CARE) in New York; and the first William B. and Sheila Konar, ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, an umbrella term for cognitive decline that significantly impairs memory, thinking, and behavior. Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative condition ...

Alzheimer's disease affects more than 7 million adults in the United States, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Early symptoms of Alzheimer's you should never ignore include problems ...

Not seeing the left (or right) side can occur with occipital or parietal lobe damage. In my last post, I mentioned how the parietal lobes help to focus attention, and that it is asymmetric. Although ...

While Alzheimer’s disease has no cure, you can manage symptoms like memory loss and cognitive decline through medications, experimental approaches, and off-label drug uses. Non-drug treatments like ...