Alzheimer's: Am I At Risk?
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Broadcaster Fiona Phillips reveals her diagnosis, and we’re joined by experts who help us understand the condition.
BBC medical editor Fergus Walsh, and professor of clinical neurology Paresh Malhotra explain how common it is, and the drugs that could help us cope with it in the future.
And Karen White, whose dad was diagnosed with the condition in 2017, tells us what it’s like to care for a person with it.
And Newscasters who work for the NHS, and the BBC’s health editor Hugh Pym, dial into Adam’s phone-in clinic to give their analysis of the service in 2023.
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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Alex Collins and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:45.8 | I'm going to start off our health themed episode today with the news that Fiona Phillips, |
| 0:50.2 | who used to present GMTV, has told the world that she's being diagnosed with Alzheimer's |
| 0:55.8 | disease at the age of 61. |
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