{"id":182048,"date":"2023-12-02T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=182048"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:48:08","slug":"itv-star-fiona-phillips-says-gmtv-career-might-have-contributed-to-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/celebrities\/itv-star-fiona-phillips-says-gmtv-career-might-have-contributed-to-alzheimers\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV star Fiona Phillips says GMTV career might have contributed to Alzheimer\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fiona Phillips opens up about her Alzheimer’s diagnosis<\/h3>\n

Former breakfast host Fiona Phillips has admitted that she thinks her Alzheimer\u2019s diagnosis could have been partially brought on by her GMTV career.<\/p>\n

The ITV presenter, 62, believes that the gruelling early morning starts she endured for over a decade could be the reason why she has developed the disease.<\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s disease causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to eventually die. According to the Mayo Clinic, \u201cAlzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia\u201d.<\/p>\n

As it progresses it eventually causes a gradual decline in \u201cmemory, thinking, behaviour and social skills\u201d.<\/p>\n

Fiona spent 15 years getting up at 3:30am to front the ITV show.<\/p>\n

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In an interview that will feature in the January Christmas edition of Woman & Home magazine, she discussed her diagnosis and the heartbreak it has caused for her family.<\/p>\n

She looked back at her successful broadcasting career on GMTV [which has since been replaced by Good Morning Britain] and said: \u201cI wonder if all the years of getting up so early contributed to me developing Alzheimer\u2019s so young\u201d.<\/p>\n

Revealing the impact of the news Fiona added: \u201cGetting my diagnosis was devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n

She is now taking part in a clinical trial for a new treatment and said the \u201csigns are positive\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The former breakfast presenter said that the trial \u201cinvolves a brand-new drug and a placebo\u201d.<\/p>\n

Although she revealed: \u201cI have no idea which one I am on\u201d.<\/p>\n

Despite the diagnosis, Fiona says she is trying to keep positive and is \u201chopeful\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went for my six-month check-up, they did cognitive tests to see where my brain was at, which showed I was in the same place as I was the previous year\u201d.<\/p>\n