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ALS Awareness Month: Understanding an ALS with FTD Diagnosis
May is ALS Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and during this month, AFTD is raising awareness around an ALS with FTD diagnosis. ALS…
Read MoreModel Discusses FTD Advocacy in “Sports Illustrated” Article
Model and FTD caregiver Nicole Petrie discussed why she’s spreading FTD awareness in a recent Sports Illustrated article. “I have dreamed of shooting for [Sports Illustrated] since I started modeling,…
Read MoreFTD Insights Survey Data Presented at Latinos & Alzheimer’s Symposium
FTD data focused on the perspectives of Latino Americans living with and impacted by FTD was presented at the third Latinos & Alzheimer’s Symposium. FTD Disorders Registry Director Dianna Wheaton,…
Read MoreLittle-Known Protein May Play a Role in FTD Disease Pathology, Study Suggests
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) are gaining new insight into how the transmembrane protein 106B, or TMEM106B, plays a role in FTD disease pathology. In a…
Read More“Simulation House” Lets Iowans Experience What It’s Like to Live with Dementia
The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) and the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging have teamed up to create a dementia simulation house to educate people on what it’s like…
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