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AFTD Caregiver Conference & Annual Meeting
AFTD’s 2011 Caregiver Conference and Annual Meeting is scheduled for Friday, June 10, in Cambridge, Mass. New York Times best-selling author Elinor Lipman will deliver the opening address; Bradford Dickerson,…
Help Develop Website for Caregivers
Participants Wanted for Study to Help Develop Caregiver Website Clinical Tools, Inc., of Chapel Hill, NC, has received funding from the National Institute on Aging to develop an educational and…
Siblings’ mission to help becomes clear
Writer Bill Zlatos reports on sister and brother Hayley and Matt Jameson, who recently created the Clear Thoughts Foundation for FTD drug discovery in honor of their father, Donald, who has FTD (“Siblings’ mission…
Consumer-Friendly FTD Booklet
The National Institute on Aging has a produced consumer-friendly booklet, Frontotemporal Disorders: Information for Patients, Families, and Caregivers. The free, 30-page booklet, which includes contritubutions from AFTD, explains the disorders, causes,…
January 19 Art Contest Deadline
EveryLife Art Contest The entry deadline for the EveryLife Art Contest is Wednesday, Jan. 19. Sponsored by the Kakkis EveryLife Foundation, the contest is open to anyone affected by a rare…
AFTD News: Fall 2010, Volume 7, Issue 3
In this issue: 7th International Conference Convenes Leaders in FTD, Task Force Identifies Needs of Families with Children, Spotlight on Sylvia Mackey, AFTD Pilot Grant Awarded to Yale, Phase 2…
Fellowship Submission Deadline
2011 AFTD Research Fellowship Letter of Intent deadline: November 16, 2010 Submission deadline: January 7, 2011 (submissions will only be received from scientists who submitted a Letter of Intent by November…
Comedy Central’s Nicole Savini Asks “What’s So Funny?”
What’s So Funny? Caregiving with a Smile By Nicole Savini For The Association for Frontotemporal Dementias As field producer for the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series “The Colbert Report” on…
Internet articles on FTD
AFTD has become aware of several articles circulating on the Internet that suggest haloperidol may be an effective treatment in FTD. These articles are based on a research paper by…
Rapidly Progressive Dementia and Subacute Encephalopathies: Diagnosis and Management
The University of California, San Francisco, Department of Neurology hosts a one-day conference, Rapidly Progressive Dementia and Subacute Encephalopathies: Diagnosis and Management, on Saturday, November 6, at the Union Square Marriott…
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