Fiona Phillips has Alzheimers aged just 62

Siope

She may not be on any medication. She’s in a trial, and some participants will therefore receive placebos.

True, although she may be, even if for the trial she is on a placebo, as we don’t know if this is an additional drug to an established treatment, or a stand alone drug. Whichever, I wish her the best outcome.

Siope

She may not be on any medication. She’s in a trial, and some participants will therefore receive placebos.

As she's relatively young to develop Alzheimer's and there's a strong possibility it is genetic in her case, I hope she is a candidate for receiving the new drug, not the placebo.

I hope the new drug proves successful and everyone can subsequently be given it.

She may not be on any medication. She’s in a trial, and some participants will therefore receive placebos.

Sorry for the typo that’s ‘very sad’ of course.

Always liked Fiona a good down to earth lady. It’s not unexpected but very said I hope the new drugs she’s on help slow the progress. What a truly awful disease.

She’s a journalist.
And yes, in a variety of ways www.nia.nih.gov/health/alzheimers-disease-genetics-fact-sheet

Look her up, you’ll know who she is, she was a very well known presenter.

Yes, people who have a parent, brother or sister with Alzheimer's are more likely to develop it too. The risk increases if more than one family member has the illness, as was the case for Fiona, and either genetics, environmental factors, or both, may play a role.

Whos Fiona Phillips ?
Is Alzheimer’s genetic ?

Very sad, I saw the Dispatches programmes she did for Channel 4 a few years ago about Alzheimer’s, she knew there was a high probability she would get it as both her parents did. I hope the drugs work for her and she stays as well as possible.