Dementia is an umbrella term to describe cognitive (thinking) problems that are severe enough to affect everyday life. There ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Nearly two years after Bruce Willis' family announced that he was diagnosed with aphasia, his family now says his “condition has progressed” to a much more serious condition called frontotemporal ...

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

All-cause mortality risk was over six times higher for people with young-onset dementia versus controls. Median survival was 8.7 years, but varied by clinical type. People with young-onset ...

Emma Heming Willis said Bruce Willis lacks awareness of his worsening condition, underscoring the caregiving challenges of frontotemporal dementia. Speaking on the Conversations with Cam podcast, she ...

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) ...