World FTD Awareness Week Guest Feature: Advocating for the Future, Advocating for Love – Insights From a Lifelong FTD Journey

Af Mike Mooney | 29. september 2023 |
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Despite the grief, frustration, and sadness that can affect families on the FTD journey, many have channeled those experiences positively, using them for motivation to create a better future for others affected by the disease. For Linde Lee Jacobs, her lifelong experiences with FTD and her love of her family helped shape her into a…

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Advancing Hope: AFTD holder indledende forskningsrundbordskonference for at indkalde interessenter i FTD-forskning

Af Mike Mooney | 29. september 2023 |

The FTD Research Roundtable is a new initiative at AFTD to enable discussion and shared problem-solving across the biopharma companies developing treatments for FTD and the regulatory agencies that evaluate the benefit and risk of proposed treatments. The inaugural 2023 FTD Research Roundtable convened representatives from fifteen biopharmaceutical company members of the Roundtable, the Food…

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Undersøgelse vurderer maskinlæring i klassificering af FTD og Alzheimers i underrepræsenterede grupper

Af Mike Mooney | 27. september 2023 |
Graphic: study assesses machine learning in classifying FTD and Alzheimer's disease in underrepresented groups

A study published in the medical journal The Lancet assessed the use of machine learning and clinically gathered data (such as cognitive and behavioral screening scores) to classify and discriminate FTD and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in underrepresented groups. Diagnosing FTD and other dementias is complicated, with FTD taking 3.6 years on average to diagnose. As…

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Find og giv støtte denne World FTD Awareness Week

Af Mike Mooney | 20. september 2023 |
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I dag er den anden dag af World FTD Awareness Week, en global uge med handling til #endFTD. Hele ugen vil vi dele forskellige måder, du kan vise verden, du holder af. I dag taler vi om støtte. Uanset om du selv er blevet diagnosticeret, eller du er plejepartner, ven eller familiemedlem til en diagnosticeret...

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Start World FTD Awareness Week 2023 med skridt mod egenomsorg

Af Mike Mooney | 20. september 2023 |
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I dag er starten på World FTD Awareness Week 2023 – en global handlingsuge for #endFTD. Hele ugen vil vi dele forskellige handlinger, du kan tage for at vise verden, at du holder af. Temaet for i dag er egenomsorg. At tage skridt til at støtte dit eget helbred er vigtigt, uanset om du er en omsorgsperson, en person, der bærer...

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13. oktober: 12. årlige Caregivers Conference i Richland, WA

Af Matt Ozga | 20. september 2023 |

AFTD-frivillig Cheryl Garvey vil dele FTD-uddannelses- og oplysningsmateriale ved den 12. årlige Caregivers Conference i Richland Community Center i Washington State, der finder sted den 13. oktober fra kl. 10.00 til 16.15. Forfatter, motivationstaler og tidligere demensplejer Loretta Woodward Veney vil være begivenhedens fremhævede oplægsholder. Download denne...

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12. årlige omsorgskonference

Af Matt Ozga | 20. september 2023 |

AFTD-frivillig Cheryl Garvey vil dele FTD-uddannelses- og oplysningsmateriale ved den 12. årlige Caregiver Conference i Richland Community Center i Washington State. Forfatter, motiverende foredragsholder og tidligere demensplejer Loretta Woodward Veney vil være begivenhedens fremhævede oplægsholder. Download denne informationsfolder for at lære mere. Du kan tilmelde dig dette gratis,...

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