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The Power of Advocacy

AFTD would like to highlight the power of advocacy in contributing to the greater awareness of FTD. This year’s World FTD Awareness Week was filled with contributions large and small by advocates…

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Dear HelpLine: Medication and FTD

Dear HelpLine, My mom has FTD and we have an upcoming appointment with her physician. We’d like to talk about medications to help with some of her symptoms. What should…

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Psilera Announces Positive Preclinical Data for FTD Intervention Candidate

Biotechnology company Psilera announced positive preclinical data for its FTD drug candidate, moving it another step towards first-in-human studies. The company also underscored promising data from efficacy studies conducted by…

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AFTD Care Partner Learning Series Webinar: Navigating Behavioral Variant FTD Symptoms

Behavioral variant FTD, or bvFTD, makes up almost half of all FTD diagnoses. Behavioral symptoms can fundamentally alter one’s personality, which can be extremely distressing for the person diagnosed and…

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Guest Feature: “Yes, and…” by Catherine Savini

Navigating the symptoms of FTD can be difficult for loved ones, especially when someone living with the disease experiences memory-related challenges. However, as Catherine Savini shares, meeting symptoms with “yes, and” instead…

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When One Voice Sounds Like a Chorus: Dawn Kirby’s Relentless Campaign to Raise FTD Awareness

Dawn Kirby and her husband, Tim, are getting the word out about FTD. The couple were recently featured in an article in the Prairie Press (Paris, Ill.), where they talked…

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AFTD Volunteer Secures 3 FTD Awareness Week Proclamations in Ohio

Lima, Ohio is the most recent community to officially proclaim September 22-29 as FTD Awareness Week. Resident Jack George successfully advocated for the official proclamation, which Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith…

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Advancing Hope: AFTD Hosts Industry Advisory Panel

On August 8 and 9, AFTD hosted an industry advisory panel in which a group of people whose lives have been touched by FTD shared their experiences and perspectives with…

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