Jackie Bezos, Jeff Bezos' mother and one of the first investors in Amazon, passed away at the age of 78 on Thursday (August 14, 2025) in Miami. Bezos said on social media that his mother had Lewy body ...

Jack Russell of the band Great White has died at age 63, his family announced Thursday on Instagram. “Jack is loved and remembered for his sense of humor, exceptional zest for life, and unshakeable ...

Proteins form the building blocks of life, but when they form unusual clumps inside the brain, they raise an alarm that something isn't right. A classic example is Lewy bodies (LBs), abnormal clumps ...

Lewy body disease is a stealthy and relentless brain disorder that affects memory, movement, and core body functions. It includes dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease, with or without ...

Lewy body disease may be more common in middle-aged people than previously thought, according to a recent study. In the study, almost one in ten of over 50-year-olds were found to have tissue markers ...

In a small study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found that positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the heart may identify people who will go on to develop Parkinson’s ...

Lewy body dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder brought on by an excess of the protein alpha-synuclein in the brain. These deposits, known as Lewy bodies, can inhibit the production of ...

Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease-related changes in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies could be made possible by monitoring the amyloid-β (Aβ) and phosphorylated tau (p-tau) ...

Parkinson’s disease is often misdiagnosed because it shares similar symptoms with other conditions like Alzheimer’s. A skin biopsy test was able to accurately diagnose Parkinson’s 93 percent of the ...

Mark O. Heefner passed away at the age of 73 on January 3, 2024, at home after a long battle with Diffuse Lewy Body Disease. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at 1:00 pm ...