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Fiona Phillips: Presenter reveals she has Alzheimer’s at 62 BBC News says Fiona Phillips has said she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 62. The journalist and broadcaster discovered she had the disease a year ago after suffering months of brain fog and anxiety, she told the Daily Mirror. Phillips, former host of ITV breakfast show GMTV, said dementia had “decimated” her family after her mother, father and uncle also had the disease. She added she was “getting on with it”. The mother of two, who is a columnist for the Mirror, told editor Alison Phillips that…

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TV presenter Fiona Phillips reveals she has Alzheimer’s at age of 62 The Guardian says The television presenter Fiona Phillips has disclosed she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and is undergoing trials for a new drug that scientists hope could slow or reverse the illness. The 62-year-old said she was informed she had the illness 18 months ago, having had months of brain fog and anxiety. Her mother, father, uncle and grandparents had Alzheimer’s, she said. Phillips, who co-hosted the ITV programme GMTV for a decade from the late 1990s, told the Daily Mirror: “This disease has ravaged my…

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How Fiona Phillips, 62, hid devastating Alzheimer’s diagnosis from her two sons The Sun says FIONA Phillips hid her devastating Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis from her sons for fear they would be “embarrassed” and treat her “differently.” Fiona yesterday made public how she had been diagnosed with the condition aged 61. The TV star, now 62, said she is “heartbroken” at having the same condition that has devastated her family. Now she has revealed how and why she kept her condition hidden from her sons Nat, 24, and Mackenzie, 21. The former GMTV presenter – who is married to This Morning…

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