Ebook: The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Dementia with Lewy Bodies

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to dementia with lewy bodies, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on dementia with lewy bodies. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Dementia with Lewy Bodies; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Dementia with Lewy Bodies; Chapter 5. Books on Dementia with Lewy Bodies; Chapter 6. Multimedia on Dementia with Lewy Bodies; Chapter 7. Periodicals and News on Dementia with Lewy Bodies; Chapter 8. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 9. Dissertations on Dementia with Lewy Bodies; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Nutrition; Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix D. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Drug-Induced Parkinsonism, Paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Postencephalitic Parkinsonism, Presenile dementia, Primary degenerative dementia, Secondary Parkinsonism, Senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type, Senile dementia/Alzheimer's type, Shaking palsy, Symptomatic Parkinsonism.