Congratulations to the inspiring #Dr.BruceMiller, who received the Susan Newhouse and Si Newhouse Award of Hope for his lifetime of research into #FTD (#frontotemporaldementia). His brilliance and empathy have touched so many, myself included. At the end of my memoir with Bruce, I wrote about how he was the doctor I wish my father, who had #early-onset #Alzheimer's, had known.
@StevenvdV82. For anyone reading this thread, perhaps this #UCSF information about #ALS (and statistical overlap with #FTD) is helpful. According to the #MAC (Memory and Aging Center), "While estimates vary, it is now believed that approximately 20% of ALS patients also have the signs and symptoms of frontotemporal dementia." https://memory.ucsf.edu/dementia/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis
2020: 7 million in the US w/#dementia
2040: estimate of ~12 million in the US w/dementia
Dementia is the umbrella term. The "other diseases" include #FTD (FrontoTemporalDementia), #CTE (repeated concussions), #VascularDementia, #LewyBodies, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, #Alzheimer's, #early-onset Alzheimer's & more.
Let's revisit (& pass) #Biden's plan to support financially #caregivers, who often die before the person w/dementia for whom they are caring. Then what?
LOS ANGELES -- In an unusual repeat of history, the Giants pulled out a victory after being held hitless for most of the game by a Dodgers pitcher making his MLB debut. On April 8, 2016, in the first game of his big league career, current Giant Ross Stripling threw 7 1/3 hitless innings at then-AT&T Park before San Francisco...
Giants overcome 6 no-hit innings, defensive blunders to beat LA in 11 (www.mlb.com)
LOS ANGELES -- In an unusual repeat of history, the Giants pulled out a victory after being held hitless for most of the game by a Dodgers pitcher making his MLB debut. On April 8, 2016, in the first game of his big league career, current Giant Ross Stripling threw 7 1/3 hitless innings at then-AT&T Park before San Francisco...