The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

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FTD is caused by
degeneration of the frontal
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It's the most common form of dementia for people under 60.

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Tips & Advice: FTD and Incontinence - A Troubling Symptom

Tips & Advice: Incontinence – A Troubling Symptom

Incontinence is a common symptom of FTD and other dementias. But for both care partners and persons diagnosed, incontinence can be one of the more difficult symptoms to manage or even…

Ohio Care Partner Shares Story to Help Others on the FTD Journey

Mary Kay Verhoff, a former FTD care partner from Ohio, recently published a book that tells the story of coming to terms with and navigating her husband’s decline from FTD.…

Can a Tau PET Tracer Aid FTD Diagnosis? Study Explores How Tracer Performs in Other Tauopathies

A study published in Science Translational Medicine explores how well the brain imaging tau PET tracer F-MK-6240 (flortaucipir) captures the presence of underlying protein clumps seen in post-mortem Alzheimer’s tissue.…

Help & Hope: The Top Articles of 2024 FTD

Help & Hope in Review: The Top Articles of 2024

AFTD is committed to ensuring Help & Hope delivers informative articles and practical resources to ease your family’s FTD journey. Each year, we look back through our archives to see which features…

Dear HelpLine: Difference Between Clinical Care and Clinical Research for FTD

Dear HelpLine: The Differences Between Clinical Research and Clinical Medical Care

Dear HelpLine, I have FTD and have enrolled in a research study at a major medical center. My care partner and I travel to the site twice a year and…

Linde Jacobs Shares Her Family’s FTD Journey with the New York Times

A recent article in The New York Times highlights the inspiring story of Linde Jacobs, a nurse and advocate carrying a genetic frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) variant. Her journey exemplifies the…

Empower a Future Free of FTD with a Year-End Gift

For over 20 years, AFTD’s volunteers, supporters, and partners raised awareness, supported one another, educated healthcare professionals, advanced research, and advocated for a better tomorrow. When you support AFTD’s mission,…

AFTD Research Team: A Year in Review

2024 has been a hopeful year for FTD Research, and it’s also been an exciting year for the AFTD research team. It isn’t easy to summarize all that’s been accomplished…

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