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

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

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 ...

Cases of dementia are increasing due to longer life expectancy of the world population ... vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy body, and frontotemporal dementia. The key points of clinical ...

Average life expectancy for patients with dementia ranges from 8.9 years after diagnosis at a mean age of 60 years for ...

The clock is running for people who’ve been diagnosed with dementia, but the time they have left depends on their age.

Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study, out today in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Although DLB is the second most common ...

There are many causes of dementia, the most common form being Alzheimer's disease, where memory loss is the most prominent feature. Lewy body dementia contains ... improving patient quality of life ...

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 ...

While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, there’s another variation that is also relatively prevalent. Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects more than 1 million people in the US.