The family of actor Bruce Willis, best known for the Die Hard movie franchise, announced in 2022 that he was retiring from acting because he had a brain disorder that affected his ability to speak.
Primary progressive aphasia is a neurological condition that causes a gradual decline in language abilities. There is no cure or medication that can reverse or stop the progression of PPA. The ...
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, ...
Emma Heming Willis recounts how evolving symptoms reshaped her family after Bruce Willis’s 2022 aphasia announcement and a 2023 frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, underscoring frequent misreading of ...