Posts by Mike Mooney
Community Connection: AFTD-Team Race Season
It’s never too early to start planning for next year’s races — set your goals, get a jump on training, and join the AFTD-Team for one of our 2023 Race…
Read MoreCommunity Connection: With Love
Inspired by the day dedicated to love, AFTD’s annual With Love campaign is an opportunity to honor or remember a loved one who has been affected by FTD. A completely…
Read MoreFormer Biochemistry Professor Shares First-Hand Experience Living with nfvPPA
Joanne T. Douglas, PhD, a former biochemistry professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, shared her experiences with nonfluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA) in a report published in the…
Read MoreU.S. News & World Report Explores Antipsychotic Drug Use in Dementia Care
A recent article in US News & World Report explores the use of antipsychotic drugs to treat dementia symptoms in long-term care facilities, including the potential overuse of the drugs to…
Read MoreTips and Advice: Managing Communication Difficulties
As FTD progressively affects areas of the brain that control reading, writing, speaking, and understanding language, communicating with the person diagnosed may become much more difficult. While this can be…
Read MoreAFTD Senior Director of Scientific Initiatives Talks About FTD Research on Remember Me Podcast
AFTD Senior Director of Scientific Initiatives Penny Dacks, PhD, discussed the different types of ongoing FTD research and how people living with FTD can get involved on a recent episode…
Read MoreWorld Health Organization Publishes “Blueprint” for Global Dementia Research
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a blueprint for dementia research to guide stakeholders around the world in making research efforts as efficient, equitable, and impactful as possible. …
Read MoreNovember’s Athlete of the Month: Kerry Brinkerhoff
AFTD’s Athlete of the Month for November is Kerry Brinkerhoff from Utah. Kerry runs for family members affected by FTD, including his grandfather and mother, as well as himself. He…
Read MoreRacing to Raise FTD Awareness
In 2018, James Staten – a leader in business infrastructure technology, prolific writer, and speaker at numerous conferences – had difficulty recalling certain words and forming sentences. He also had…
Read MoreSupport AFTD’s Mission with a Year-End Gift
AFTD was founded 20 years ago with a single donation. Since then, the dedication and generosity of our volunteers, donors, and partners has enabled our growth to better meet the…
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