Dementia often affects memory, thinking, behavior and daily functioning — now, a new case study reveals a novel symptom that shouldn’t be overlooked. Nearly 7 million Americans and more than 55 ...

A loved one undergoing massive shifts in personality or speech can be challenging to work with. You might be wondering if it’s already a symptom of an underlying disease. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) ...

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 ...

Medical experts warn that "obsessive" food fixations and behavioral changes during meals can precede memory loss in certain ...

Bruce Willis, one of Hollywood’s most iconic actors, stepped away from acting after a serious health diagnosis that affected ...

The first clinical trial in patients has just been completed and shows that the treatment can restore levels of the protein progranulin to normal in individuals carrying a gene mutation that typically ...

EXCLUSIVE: In light of Bruce Willis' health update, experts weigh in on how FTD affects a patient when they are unaware of ...

Although amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). are very different diseases, they have something in common: overexcited neurons. Neurons send crucial signals that allow ...

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 ...