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 ...

Dementia is a term used to describe a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with your daily life. Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a type ...

Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a frontotemporal dementia that mainly impacts the brain's language centres, specifically the left hemisphere. This can lead to difficulty in communication.

Being able to communicate, from finding the right words to just being able to read and write, is something that most people take for granted. However, for those who suffer from aphasia — a cognitive ...

Though there’s no way to completely cure Primary Progressive Aphasia, certain treatments can greatly improve the quality of life for those living with PPA. When actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with ...

Aphasia is a communication disorder that affects someone’s ability to speak or understand speech. It also impacts how they understand written words and their ability to read and to write. It is ...

This story was originally published in 2022 after Bruce Willis' diagnosis. We are updating it after the news of Wendy Williams' diagnosis in Feb. 2024. The former talk show host Wendy Williams has ...

Williams' team shared the news "to raise awareness" about the conditions. Talk show host and media personality Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal ...

Swathi Kiran receives funding from National Institutes of Health. She is a Board Member of the National Aphasia Association. Actor Bruce Willis, 67, is “stepping away” from his career in film and TV ...

Editor’s note: Actor Bruce Willis, 67, is “stepping away” from his career in film and TV after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family announced on March 30, 2022. In a message posted on Instagram, ...

People who have aphasia can have trouble with things like speaking, reading, or listening. Research estimates about 1 million people in the United States are living with aphasia. There are two ...