The care team for Wendy Williams announced that the TV personality and show host was diagnosed in 2023 with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The statement from her team on ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: About a year ago, my 77-year-old wife started to have some trouble speaking, and in some cases remembering or forming words. It’s not so bad that you don’t understand her and it’s not ...

Aphasia is a condition that affects our ability to communicate. It can affect our speech, as well as the way we write and our ability to comprehend verbal or written communication.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She's in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke? ANSWER: Aphasia ...

Misunderstandings and lack of information about aphasia can cause people to draw conclusions about cognitive ability, such as in the situation with Joe Biden, who has a history of stuttering.

Dementia often begins with subtle changes long before obvious memory loss appears. Experts say the earliest signs can include shifts in mood, judgment, or the ability to focus and manage simple tasks, ...

Representatives for the former daytime talk show host announced her diagnoses two days before the release of a two-part documentary about her health issues. By Amanda Holpuch and Dani Blum Wendy ...