PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania is leading a $26 million effort to detect early signs of brain diseases in genetic carriers. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the project ...

Scientists have identified a strong genetic risk factor for a rare form of dementia that often begins relatively early in ...

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) ...

Frontotemporal dementia is one of the most common forms of dementia in people aged under 65. Unlike Alzheimer's, which is characterised by memory problems, frontotemporal dementia involves ...

Women on CagriSema lost 25% of their body weight in a post hoc trial analysis, while 79.6% of users had digestive side effects. The drug is not approved. Ice Water, Math Quizzes, and Shocks: The 1948 ...

Contrary to popular belief, there are many different kinds of dementia, each with its own unique symptom list. One of the most common forms of dementia that surfaces in midlife is called ...

Neurons produced from frontotemporal dementia patients' skin biopsies using modern stem cell technology recapitulate the synaptic loss and dysfunction detected in the patients' brains, a new study ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of brain disorders you may not have heard of and may never encounter firsthand. So, why pay attention to this “rare“ dementia? Because for those affected—and ...

NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip is "stepping further away" from public life due to a recent diagnosis of frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), his family said in a statement to FOX Sports on Sept. 23.