Christopher Durang, one of American theater’s most accomplished and acclaimed playwrights, has been diagnosed with logopenic primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare disorder of language which, ...

DEMENTIA has evolved into many different forms of cognitive deficit, and the "atypical" forms of the disease are starting to gain more recognition. These types of cognitive decline, however, tend to ...

After memory, language problems are the most common complaint that individuals and their families tell us about in our clinic. Here is a recent example: “With my wife, the problem started with words.

The image of Bruce Willis, an athletic and wise-cracking movie star, struggling to remember his lines is a tough one. Progressive aphasia is frightening for anyone, but when it afflicts an actor who ...

Former television talk show host Wendy Williams was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, according to a statement released by her representatives this week. The condition can affect cognitive ...

In a room full of people who love him, are inspired by his work, and whose lives he’s touched, tributes are paid to Punjabi poet Irfan Malik battling dementia and logopenic aphasia could not tell you ...