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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Nia Dalton

'My dad got Alzheimer's at 60, like Fiona Phillips I'm terrified it's coming for me'

Alzheimer's Disease is something that Helen Khan worries about daily - from the panic she feels when she forgets why she opened the fridge, to forgetting someone's name.

The condition, which affects 900,000 people in the UK, runs in her dad's side of the family, and Helen has spent the last decade dreading that she may get it too one day.

When television presenter Fiona Phillips opened up to the Mirror yesterday about her Alzheimer's diagnosis at 61, it sparked fear in Helen, who is now 43.

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