It's likely that few people had heard of frontotemporal dementia until earlier this year, when the family of actor Bruce Willis announced the 68-year-old had been diagnosed with the condition.

Frontotemporal dementia has gained significant attention in recent years after the family of actor Bruce Willis announced in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with the condition. A year later, it ...

Frontotemporal dementia life expectancy The average life expectancy following an FTD diagnosis is 7.5 years. The disease isn't fatal on its own, but as brain damage progresses, it causes problems ...

Family history matters, particularly with Alzheimer’s.Early-onset forms tend to progress more rapidly. You may see a 60-year-old in end-stage dementia, while an 85-year-old with late-onset may ...

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 ...

Patients with frontotemporal dementia often lack the ability to empathize. A study has now shown that these patients do not show the same brain activity as healthy individuals when they witness ...

Key protein changes could trigger frontotemporal dementia in middle age, a recent study has found. Image credit: Westend61/Getty Images. This article originally appeared on Medical News Today ...

Patients with frontotemporal dementia often lack the ability to empathize. A study at Karolinska Institutet has now shown that these patients do not show the same brain activity as healthy ...

A new Cedars-Sinai study suggests that some patients diagnosed with behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) - an incurable condition that robs patients of the ability to control their ...

Patients with frontotemporal dementia often lack the ability to empathize. A study at Karolinska Institutet has now shown that these patients do not show the same brain activity as healthy ...

Our team studied MRI brain images of 186 people who had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. We excluded participants who had frontotemporal dementia with a genetic cause.