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FTD Caregiver Honored on Float in Annual Rose Parade

An FTD caregiver was among those honored on a float celebrating family caregivers during the 2020 Rose Parade on New Year’s Day. Aisha Adkins, whose mother Rose is living with…

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Alzheimer’s and Dementia Journal Focuses on FTD

The medical journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia includes a special topic section dedicated entirely to FTD research articles in its January 2020 issue, published online January 8. The collection of articles…

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Singer Linda Ronstadt Shares How PSP Ended Her Career

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, singer Linda Ronstadt discusses how progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) has forced her to retire and how she has come to accept her diagnosis.…

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FTD Caregiver Featured on Kaiser Health News Panel

Kaiser Health News includes the experience of an FTD caregiver in a recent panel discussion about the challenges family members face as caregivers and the ways they have learned to…

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Pioneering Meteorologist June Bacon-Bercey Dies

According to a recent announcement by her family, Dr. June Bacon-Bercey, a trailblazing meteorologist, died in July 2019. She had FTD. The first African-American woman to earn a degree in…

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Rethinking Palliative Care: A New Approach to Managing FTD

Partners in FTD Care, Winter 2020 Download the full issue (pdf) Palliative care is specialized medical care for people facing serious illnesses. It can be used at any point in the…

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AFTD Volunteer Talks Climbing Denali for FTD Awareness

A man who climbed Denali in honor of his father, who had FTD and died in 2017, recently spoke to his hometown about his experience ascending North America’s tallest mountain.…

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New Findings Suggest Active Lifestyle Could Slow FTD Progression

A physically and mentally active lifestyle could help slow the progression of FTD, even in people with a genetic predisposition to the disease, according to researchers at the UC San…

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