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A Different Dementia
Sylvia Gentry spoke with the Philadelphia Inquirer about the path to diagnosis and caring for her husband.
Caring for a Sick Loved One Despite the Isolation, Heartache
Caregiver Maureen Walsh shares her experience of getting an accurate diagnosis for her husband and how she…
Frontotemporal Degeneration: The Dementia Doctors Mistake for a Midlife Crisis
AFTD Medical Advisory Council member, Dr. Bradford Dickerson, contributed to an article about the difficulties associated with…
FTD Research Challenges
This video from the NIH’s Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias: Research Challenges and Opportunities meeting, co-sponsored by AFTD, discusses how…
MAC Chair Receives Award from American Academy of Neurology
AFTD’s Medical Advisory Council Chair, Dr. M. Marsel Mesulam, was awarded the 2014 Potamkin Prize for his contributions to…
Max’s Catch-a-Thon
Max Portnoy, of Bethesda, MD, organized a three hour catch-a-thon to support AFTD and to honor his…
FTD: The most common disease no one has ever heard of
Dan Browning, medical writer for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune whose wife is diagnosed with FTD, continues his series of…
Recognizing and Dealing with a Parent’s Dementia – Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley spoke with radio show On Point about her mother and primary progressive aphasia. Click…
Tangled Up in Tau
An article from Massachusetts General Hospital discusses the role of the protein tau in various forms of…
Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley Shares About Mother with PPA
Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, wife of country music singer Brad Paisley, recently shared with Robin Roberts of Good…
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