frontotemporal

Dementia doesn’t describe just one specific disease but a collection of conditions characterised by the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interfere with doing everyday tasks.While Alzheimer’s disease is the…

Frontotemporal dementia(FTD) can present itself as behavioral variant, semantic dementia and Primary non fluent aphasia. Dr Rohit Pai, Consultant Neurologist, KMC Hospital, Mangaluru discusses about symptoms, causes and treatment of…

Around 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, the actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, a rare type of dementia that typically affects people ages 45…

American actor Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia, his family has announced. THE DIAGNOSIS In 2022, the 67-year-old action movie star was diagnosed with aphasia – difficulty with language and speech. Aphasia can occur for a…

Frontotemporal Dementia is a gradual loss of brain tissue in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain and develops over a period for many years before the symptoms start to show. The disease has brought in focus after Hollywood star…

Nearly a year after announcing his battle with aphasia, Bruce Willis’ family disclosed last week that the 67-year-old actor has been diagnosed with one of the rare forms of dementia, known as frontotemporal dementia (FTD).…

Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms…

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia (FTD), his family confirmed in a statement on Thursday. “For your kindness, and because we know you love Bruce as much as we do, we wanted to give you an update,” the statement said. “Since we…

Bruce Willis’ family has announced that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The announcement Thursday came about a year……

Topline Here’s what to know about the progressive brain condition frontotemporal dementia—which actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with —which experts say shortens life expectancy to up to 13 years. Bruce Willis attends the Comedy Central…