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AFTD Ambassador Shares Challenges of Being a Long-Distance Care Partner in Interview
AFTD Ambassador Melissa Fisher shared the realities of being a long-distance care partner in an interview published…
FDA Clears Way for Clinical Trial for AviadoBio Therapy That Could Halt FTD Progression
AviadoBio will soon open U.S. clinical trial sites for an experimental gene therapy that could halt the…
AFTD Update:Ā Updated Digital Resources for FTD & GeneticsĀ
The FTD & Genetics section of AFTDās website has been newly updated to help families better understand…
Landmark Trial Evaluating Potential FTD-GRN Therapeutic Completes Enrollment
Biotechnology company Alector Therapeutics announced on October 27 that it has completed enrollment for INFRONT-3, a Phase…
The Lived Experience of FTD: Anosognosia
The following article was written by Kevin Rhodes, a member of AFTD’s Persons with FTD Advisory Council….
AFTD Webinar: Grief, Loss, and Hope — Helping Families Living with FTD
FTD is the most common dementia for people under 60, and often occurs when there are teens…
Doctor Living with FTD Discusses Life Post-Diagnosis in Interview
In an interview recently broadcast by Atlanta News First, former gynecologist Dr. Seth Stern discussed his work…
Volunteer Update: Giving Purpose to the Pain ā Becoming an AFTD Ambassador and FTD Advocate
AFTD Ambassadors know the power of a single story and the healing potential of finding others who…
Dear HelpLine: Long-Distance Care Partners
Dear HelpLine, My dad was recently diagnosed with FTD. Iām devastated by the diagnosis, but I live…
WebMD Staff Writer Shares His Experience as an ALLFTD Participant
WebMD staff writer Damian McNamara, MA, shared his experiences as an ALLFTD participant in a post published…
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