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Using Film to Educate and Inspire
AFTD Volunteer and FTD advocate Katie Brandt lost her husband to FTD in 2012 when he was…
Progress Made in Diagnosing Early-Onset Dementia
In a recent article on nextavenue by Sam Perkins, light is shed on how progress is being…
PSP Research May Offer Insights into New Treatments for Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
About 100 times rarer than Parkinson’s, and often mistaken for it, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) afflicts fewer…
Partnerships Play a Key Role in the Battle Against Brain Diseases
In a recent article on Huffington Post, written by Dr. Howard Fillit, Chief Science Officer of the…
Longtime UNC Announcer, Woody Durham, has Been Diagnosed with PPA
Woody Durham, the longtime announcer for Tar Heel basketball and football games, recently shared with his fans…
Two Potamkin Prize Winners — On Finding the Gene for ALS and Frontotemporal Dementia
In this article in Neurology Today, two scientists – Rosa Rademakers, PhD, and Bryan Traynor, MD, PhD…
How Activity Level May Help People Living With FTD
Featured on BBC Sport, the activity level of people battling dementia is explored. Specifically, the story of…
Founding Member of The Beastie Boys, Passes Away From FTD
John Berry, an original member of hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, died Thursday morning, May 19th, at…
The Lauder and Newhouse Foundations Announce New Initiative to Find Treatments for FTD
AFTD is excited to share that The Lauder Foundation and the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation have each…
Minneapolis-based Children’s Author, Nancy Carlson to Give Keynote at AFTD Conference
On May 10th, AFTD announced they would hold their 2016 education conference in Minneapolis, MN, at the…
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