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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…
Chicago Family Offers Unique Prize at Benefit Auction
The Pierce family held their annual golf outing and auction on July 25th. Among the prizes to…
FTD Included for First Time in National Plan to Cure Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), a disease process that results in progressive damage to the temporal and/or frontal lobes…
AFTD to Co-Sponsor Workshop
AFTD along with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the ALS Foundation are co-sponsoring…
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