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What to Do About… Anosognosia

Partners in FTD Care Winter 2019 Anosognosia is a lack of awareness of one’s own condition and…

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Everything Is Just Fine: Anosognosia in Frontotemporal Degeneration

Partners in FTD Care, Winter 2019 Download the full issue (pdf) Caring for people with FTD presents…

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Spread the Love with AFTD’s With Love Campaign 2019

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner – and with it comes the return of AFTD’s annual…

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NY Post Highlights Book by Former FTD Care Partner

An article published in the New York Post on January 22 chronicles one woman’s journey as an…

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AFTD Invests $2.5 Million in ADDF’s Diagnostics Accelerator Program to Develop FTD Biomarkers

Leveraging generous support from our donors, AFTD’s FTD Biomarkers Initiative is expanding. We are investing $2.5MM in…

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“Sharing Hope” — AFTD’s 2018 Annual Report

AFTD’s 2018 Annual Report documents progress made in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2017 and ending…

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FTD and AFTD Now Included in Federal Research Portfolio

AFTD has been added to the International Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Research Portfolio (IADRP), an online database…

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Alector Receives Orphan Drug Designation for FTD Therapy

In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan drug designation to Alector for the…

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Penn FTD Center Scientist Receives AFTD’s First Pilot Grant for Nonpharmacological Research

AFTD has awarded Lauren Massimo, Ph.D., CRNP, the inaugural AFTD Pilot Grant for Nonpharmacological Therapies and Tools….

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“Days of Our Lives” Star Martha Madison Raises FTD Awareness at Dallas Marathon

A team of 20 taking part in the BMW Dallas Marathon (December 7-9) will run to raise awareness…

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