TV presenter Fiona Phillips has revealed she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 62 with the illness said to have “ravaged” her family and she had long feared being given the diagnosis.
According to the Mirror, Phillips was diagnosed more than a year ago and is undergoing trials for a new drug that could slow the effects of the disease.
Phillips, who is an Alzheimer’s Society ambassador, told the Mirror: “This disease has ravaged my family and now it has come for me."
