Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurological condition that affects a person’s ability to communicate. PPA has three subtypes. Damage due to frontotemporal dementia or Alzheimer’s disease is ...

It's been more than two years since Wendy Williams' stepped away from her beloved daytime talk show as she battled various health conditions. She's made a few public appearances since, but in April ...

Aphasia is a debilitating speech and language disorder that stems from brain damage. It's as common as some other neurological conditions -- such as Parkinson's disease-- but aphasia isn't nearly as ...

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) may augment standard language therapy to help slow the progression of primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a neurodegenerative disorder that erodes communication.

Difficulty finding words or the habit of substituting them with others that are similar semantically – such as knife and cutter – or phonologically – such as knife and wife – are usually the first ...

Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a form of dementia and a communication disorder called primary progressive aphasia, which is a rare disease that has a typical life ...

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.

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