EVENTS
2018
November 4th: Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center & the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY: Remembering Robin Williams
October 16th: Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center’s 2018 Conference – Sarabeth’s Park Avenue South, New York, NY
2017
July 20th: The Dave B. Shepard GALA: A Night To Remember – Marriott Hotel, Garden City, NY
NEWS
October 9, 2018
Ted Turner, Robin Williams, “The Brightest Person in the Room” – Does someone you love have Lewy Body Dementia?
Key conference taking place October 16 in New York City
September 28, 2018 – Ted Turner Reveals he’s Battling Lewy Body Dementia
February 9, 2018 – National Institutes of Health – NIH scientists adapt new brain disease test for Parkinson’s, dementia with Lewy bodies:
December 15, 2017 – MedicalXpress – Dementia with Lewy bodies: Unique genetic profile identified. Dementia with Lewy bodies has a unique genetic profile, distinct from those of Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease, according to the first large-scale genetic study of this common type of dementia.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-dementia-lewy-bodies-unique-genetic.html
August 15, 2017 – Manhasset Press – A Night to Remember – coverage of the Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center’s Gala at the Garden City Hotel: http://manhassetpress.com/a-night-to-remember/
June 8, 2017 – Neurology – The official Journal of the American Academy of Neurology
Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies – Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium: http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2017/06/07/WNL.0000000000004058.full.pdf+html
November 2, 2016 – Manhasset Press – Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center’s Educational Seminar at CaringKind: http://manhassetpress.com/lewy-body-dementia-resource-centers-educational-seminar/
September 30, 2016 – Scientific American – How Lewy Body Dementia Gripped Robin Williams:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-lewy-body-dementia-gripped-robin-williams1/
September 27, 2016 – Neurology – The Terrorist Inside My Husband’s Brain by Susan Schneider Williams: http://www.neurology.org/content/87/13/1308.full
September 21, 2016 – Science Daily – Trial helps doctors tell Lewy body dementia from Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160921151916.htm
November 3, 2015 – The New York Times – This extensive article about Lewy Body Dementia was written in The New York Times when it was discovered Robin Williams had LBD: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/health/robin-williams-lewy-body-dementia.html?_r=1
Also see: Workshops, Presentations & Calendar
