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Des Moines Register Article Highlights Difficulties in Finding FTD Care
An article published in the October 21 Des Moines Register chronicled the struggles faced by people living…
Carol Hall, Acclaimed Musician and Songwriter, Dies of PPA
Carol Hall, a classically trained pianist and successful Broadway composer, died of logopenic primary progressive aphasia (PPA)…
N.Y. Times Profiles Person with FTD in Article about Living with Dementia
An article published by The New York Times on October 5 highlights the ways in which persons…
AFTD Volunteer Pens Delaware State News Op-Ed
In honor of World FTD Awareness Week, AFTD volunteer Gene Thornton detailed her family’s FTD journey in…
Watch and Share a New AFTD Awareness PSA
This week, we are premiering a short video bringing awareness to FTD, its uniquely challenging symptoms,…
AFTD Ad Featured in New York Times
Timed for the start of World FTD Awareness Week, and funded by support from a generous donor,…
RARE BRAIN DISEASE RESEARCHERS TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $30 MILLION IN FUNDING OVER NEXT 5 YEARS
Researchers studying frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) disease, a leading cause of early onset dementia, will receive more than…
The Boston Globe ‘Health Answers’ Features FTD
AFTD Medical Advisory Council member Murray Grossman, M.D., Ed.D., helps The Boston Globe answer the question: “What…
A Wife’s Death Means a New Beginning
In this blog, Dan Browning, who writes about health care and medical research for the Star Tribune…
Changes in Eye Can Predict Changes in Brain
Researchers have shown that loss of cells in the retina is one of the earliest signs of…
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