The Science of Lewy Body Dementia
22 January - 16 mins
Podcast Series
Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill
This week on the podcast, Professor Luke O’Neill turns his attention to a condition that’s often misunderstood and far more common than many people realise: Lewy Body Dementia.
Requested by listener Eben Stewart ahead of World Lewy Body Dementia Day on January 28th, the episode looks at what causes LBD, how it differs from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and why so many people are living with it without a diagnosis. Around 10,000 people in Ireland are believed to have Lewy Body Dementia, yet only a fraction are formally on the register — a gap that has real consequences for care, treatment, and awareness.
Luke explains how abnormal protein clumps, known as Lewy bodies, build up in nerve cel...
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