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Media Coverage for AFTD’s Hope Rising Event
As AFTD’s Hope Rising event, taking place on Thursday, September 29th, draws closer, it is gaining momentum in the media. Coverage can be found here: Kelli O’Hara Performs at inaugural…
Læs mereFrontotemporal Dementia: The Hard Work of Pushing Toward Trials
In the last 10 years, the science of frontotemporal dementias has exploded, thanks to big openings in the molecular pathologies behind these disorders. Rapidly growing interest among academia and industry…
Læs mereMonty Python’s Terry Jones has Been Diagnosed with PPA
The comedy genius behind Monty Python, Terry Jones, has been diagnosed with PPA. The news came as Bafta Cymru announced he had been given a special award for outstanding contribution to film and…
Læs mereProduktiv filminstruktør, Curtis Hanson, er gået bort fra FTD
From The Washington Post… FTD has claimed yet another creative life. Curtis Hanson, Oscar-winning director of “L.A. Confidential” and “8-Mile,” passed away at 71 from FTD in his Los Angeles…
Læs mereYouth Dementia Awareness Symposium
Youth Dementia Awareness Symposium Sept. 30 – October 2, 2016 Cara Commons (Room 1-148) Ted Rogers School of Management, 55 Dundas St. West, Toronto, Ontario Do you know anyone…
Læs mereAFTD Webinar: The Journey to Diagnosis in FTD
Join us for, The Journey to Diagnosis in FTD, an educational webinar that will explore several patients cases of varying ages and backgrounds, to help you better understand how doctors arrive at…
Læs mereHjerneatrofimønstre understøtter forskellige undertyper af frontotemporal demens
FTD Symptoms range from sluggish apathy to obsessive compulsion, and numerous genetic mutations and neuropathologies can underlie each person’s disease. Variation in behavioral symptoms may be explained by degeneration of…
Læs mereAt vide, hvornår det er Alzheimers, og hvornår det ikke er det
Problemerne startede i 2010, da Dennis Krupinski kun var 53. Som mangeårig ansat i Walt Disney Worlds vedligeholdelsesafdeling begyndte han at miste ting og glemme alt om opgaver. Han virkede…
Læs mereEn sjælden form for demens tog langsomt min mand og gjorde mig til enke i en alder af 36. Men disse 9 ord ændrede, hvordan jeg levede
Mor til fire børn og FTD-advokat, Tia Singer Willin, fortæller sin rystende historie om, hvordan FTD tog livet af sin mand, Ryan, i en ung alder af 38...
Læs mereNår demens ikke er Alzheimers – FTD-bevidsthed
For nylig offentliggjort på HuffingtonPost.com forklarede forfatteren og omsorgspersonen Sharon Hall, at ikke al demens er Alzheimers og udfordrer læserne til at deltage i kampen for at øge FTD-bevidstheden. Læs hende...
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