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“Journal of Palliative Care” Publishes First-Person Account of Living with PPA
Joanne T. Douglas, PhD, who has primary progressive aphasia (PPA), has published a paper in the Journal…
Couple Discusses Life Impacted by bvFTD in Recent Interview
Dan Keuning, who is living with behavioral variant FTD (bvFTD), and his wife Lisl Keuning, recently sat…
Improved Air Quality Could Decrease Dementia Risk, Studies Suggest
Data from several studies reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2021 determined that improving air quality…
Scientists Discover How Tau Protein Mutations Cause Neuron Damage in FTD Disorders
Scientists from Mount Sinai have learned how mutated tau proteins cause deterioration in neurons associated with FTD….
Recent Study Data Provides Insight on Unrecognized FTD Variant
A group of international investigators are conducting research on an unrecognized variant of FTD that is characterized…
Join Food for Thought 2021!
Food for Thought, AFTD’s flagship grassroots fundraising and awareness campaign, is back for its ninth year to…
CurePSP Compiles Best Practices to Managing PSP and CBS
The nonprofit organization CurePSP has published a compilation of best practices on the therapeutic management of progressive…
Blood Test Shows Promise as FTD Diagnostic Tool, Study Finds
A single blood test may be able to distinguish persons diagnosed with FTD from individuals with primary…
In Case You Missed It: “60 Minutes” Segment on FTD Now Available on YouTube
A 60 Minutes segment on FTD that originally aired in May 2019 is now available on the…
Coping with the Stress of FTD
The FTD journey can be lonely and isolating. Whether you are caring for a person diagnosed or…
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