Neurosciences - November 2015 Archives

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, but another type called dementia with Lewy bodies, or DLB, comes in second. Both diseases ...

International conference Dec. 1 – 4 brings together experts, patients and caregivers ROCHESTER, Minn. — Lewy body dementia is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. But if you’re not familiar with it, you’re not alone. “Lewy body dementia is the most common disorder you’ve never heard of,” says Bradley Boeve, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist who will speak at the International Dementia with Lewy Bodies Conference Dec. 1-4 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Lewy body dementia shares similar symptoms of memory issues like Alzheimer’s and slow, stiff movements like Parkinson’s disease. But people with Lewy body dementia may act out their dreams while asleep, or they may have visual hallucinations that can lead to unusual behavior, such as having conversations with deceased loved ones. Getting an accurate diagnosis is the key to improving patients’ lives, says Dr. Boeve, co-investigator of the Mayo Clinic Dorothy and Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Lewy Body Dementia Program. “We want to help patients stop the diagnostic odyssey of seeing many different clinicians, undergoing many different tests over an extended period of time with no clear answers and all of the frustration that goes with this,” Dr. Boeve says. Journalists: Sounds bites with Dr. Boeve are available in the downloads. For an interview with Dr. Boeve, contact Susan Barber Lindquist at 507-284-5005 or newsbureau@mayo.edu.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMxK5Ll0IHw

Watch today's Mayo Clinic Minute Do brain games help those living with Alzheimer's disease? Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of  Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Disease Research ...

Watch today's Mayo Clinic Minute Alzheimer's disease affects millions of Americans and their families. Caring for a person with this progressive disease can be physically and ...

This patient story was originally published August 26, 2015 in Sharing Mayo Clinic. Others might have panicked, but former U.S. Special Forces Engineer Kevin ...

CNN Films Presents Saturday Nov. 7th, at 8 pm ET and 10 pm ET November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month Alzheimer's disease continues to ...

Watch today's Mayo Clinic Minute The number of Americans with Alzheimer's disease has more than doubled since former President Reagan first declared November as National Alzheimer's ...

With fall sports wrapping up and winter sports starting soon, it’s important to discuss concussion management. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. Some head injuries may appear to be mild but research is finding that concussions can have serious, long-term effects, especially repeated head injuries or cumulative concussions. When a second concussion occurs before the first one has properly healed, an athlete may incur second impact syndrome. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates reveal that 1.6 to 3.8 million concussions occur each year and 5-10 percent of athletes will experience a concussion in any given sport season. Football is the most common sport with concussion risk for males at 75 percent whereas soccer is most common for females at 50 percent. It’s important to note that most concussions do not result in loss of consciousness and roughly 47 percent of athletes do not report feeling any symptoms after a concussive blow.