She Diagnosed Her Mother With Alzheimer's. Then Found Out She Carries the APOE4 Gene.
Dr. Gertrude Behan spent decades as a family medicine physician in Australia. She diagnosed patients with Alzheimer's. She saw firsthand how little the medications helped.
Then in 2016, she diagnosed her own mother.
Two years later, while battling breast cancer and searching for the BRCA gene, she discovered something else: she carries APOE4.
In this Phoenix Member Stories episode, Dr. Behan shares:
→ The moment she diagnosed her mother (and what happened next)
→ Why discovering APOE4 after her mother's diagnosis felt "believable"
→ How she juggles breast cancer prevention AND Alzheimer's…
The skinny
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