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NPR Report Examines Financial Mishaps as a Sign of Dementia
A report published earlier this year by NPR explores how how financial mishaps can often be an…
AFTD Volunteers Share FTD Insights with Being Patient Live Talk
AFTD volunteer Katie Brandt and AFTD Medical Advisory Council chair Brad Dickerson, MD, were featured in a…
Study Examines the Care Partner’s Perspective on bvFTD Symptoms
A study published in the medical journal Psychogeriatrics examines the perspective of care partners on symptoms of…
Study Identifies Plasma Biomarkers That Can Discriminate Forms of FTD Caused by TDP-43 and Tau
A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has identified biomarkers that…
Condition with bvFTD-Like Symptoms Can Be Treated with Surgery, Study Says
According to a recent study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, a condition…
Machine-Learning Algorithms Can Recognize Rare Dementias Such as FTD, Study Finds
A study published in the Neuroimage: Clinical medical journal found that machine-learning algorithms are capable of recognizing…
Cape Cod Times Columnist Shares Stories of Life with Her Husband with FTD
Columnist Saralee Perel shared stories from her “wacky and wistful” life with her husband with FTD in…
British Study Finds Evidence for Pre-Diagnostic Cognitive Impairment in People with Neurodegenerative Diseases
A study published in the Alzheimer’s & Dementia medical journal found evidence of cognitive impairment in people…
Study Highlights Importance in Differentiating Varying Types of Disinhibition in bvFTD
A study published in the medical journal Cortex highlights the importance of differentiating between the various types…
AFTD Staff and Volunteers Featured in Domestic and International News Stories
Members of AFTD’s staff, Board, and Medical Advisory Council (MAC), as well as AFTD volunteers, were featured…
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