In Don’t Listen to Your Lizard Brain, I explained how we all have a reptilian brain inside us that generates primitive drives such as hunger, sexuality, and territoriality, and that we can use our ...

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 ...

Dementia researchers have called for updates to the diagnostic criteria for one of the most common younger-onset forms of the disease, behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), a condition ...

The frontal lobe is a large part of the brain. It extends from the front of the brain almost halfway to the back, and it helps humans perform complex tasks, innovate, and imagine. Damage to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

University of Queensland researchers have discovered that nearly 70% of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease in a study aimed at identifying factors that ...

The former model explained what the actor's brain disorder affects and doesn't affect in a recent podcast appearance.

A new study highlights surprising dementia symptoms. Dementia often affects memory, thinking, behavior and daily functioning — now, a new case study reveals a novel symptom that shouldn't be ...

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) ...