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Media Coverage for AFTD’s Hope Rising Event
As AFTD’s Hope Rising event, taking place on Thursday, September 29th, draws closer, it is gaining momentum in the media. Coverage can be found here: Kelli O’Hara Performs at inaugural…
Frontotemporal Dementia: The Hard Work of Pushing Toward Trials
In the last 10 years, the science of frontotemporal dementias has exploded, thanks to big openings in the molecular pathologies behind these disorders. Rapidly growing interest among academia and industry…
Monty Python’s Terry Jones has Been Diagnosed with PPA
The comedy genius behind Monty Python, Terry Jones, has been diagnosed with PPA. The news came as Bafta Cymru announced he had been given a special award for outstanding contribution to film and…
Prolific Film Director, Curtis Hanson, Has Passed Away From FTD
From The Washington Post… FTD has claimed yet another creative life. Curtis Hanson, Oscar-winning director of “L.A. Confidential” and “8-Mile,” passed away at 71 from FTD in his Los Angeles…
Youth Dementia Awareness Symposium
Youth Dementia Awareness Symposium Sept. 30 – October 2, 2016 Cara Commons (Room 1-148) Ted Rogers School of Management, 55 Dundas St. West, Toronto, Ontario Do you know anyone…
AFTD Webinar: The Journey to Diagnosis in FTD
Join us for, The Journey to Diagnosis in FTD, an educational webinar that will explore several patients cases of varying ages and backgrounds, to help you better understand how doctors arrive at…
Brain Atrophy Patterns Support Distinct Subtypes of Frontotemporal Dementia
FTD Symptoms range from sluggish apathy to obsessive compulsion, and numerous genetic mutations and neuropathologies can underlie each person’s disease. Variation in behavioral symptoms may be explained by degeneration of…
Knowing When it’s Alzheimer’s, and When it’s Not
The trouble started in 2010 when Dennis Krupinski was just 53. A longtime employee in Walt Disney World’s maintenance department, he started losing things and forgetting about tasks. He seemed…
A Rare Form of Dementia Slowly Took My Husband and Made Me a Widow at 36. But These 9 Words Changed How I Lived
Mother of four children and FTD advocate, Tia Singer Willin, tells her harrowing story about how FTD took the life of her husband, Ryan, at the young age of 38.…
When Dementia Isn’t Alzheimer’s – FTD Awareness
Recently published on HuffingtonPost.com, writer and caregiver Sharon Hall explained that not all dementia is Alzheimer’s and challenges readers to join in the fight to increase FTD awareness. Read her…
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