Frontotemporal dementia is a brain disease that affects the parts of your brain responsible for behavior, speech and memory. “Frontotemporal” stems from the names frontal and temporal lobes, which are ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Dementia, a term encompassing a decline in cognitive function, is a complex and often misunderstood condition. More than 55 million people are living with some ...

How can apathy be managed in an individual with frontotemporal dementia? Frontotemporal dementia or frontotemporal ...

In Why Self-Control Fails in Dementia, I explained how part of frontal lobe function is to regulate behavior. Another part of frontal lobe function is to help us plan and organize actions and ...

Wendy Williams was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023, her care team announced on Thursday.She's not the only prominent person to receive the diagnosis.

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia.Strokes that affect cognitive (thinking) abilities cause vascular dementia.Vascular ...

Incontinence is common in old age by itself and occurs in the majority of patients with dementia at some point. Although not as problematic as anger, aggression, agitation, or falls, incontinence is ...

The wife of Hollywood star Bruce Willis announced this week that the family had made the difficult decision to move him out of their home as his frontotemporal dementia progresses. Willis, 70, was ...

Researchers from DANDRITE have played a central role in developing a new oral treatment that, for the first time ever, has shown promising results in a clinical trial involving patients – a ...

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurological disorder that affects your ability to speak, read, write, and understand others. When you have it, it becomes harder and harder to express your ...