I thought my brain fog was due to stress – but it was dementia
Jim Rogers thought his brain fog and absent-mindedness was due to stress or a side effect of cholesterol medication. Then he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at just 55.
Conditions
‘I’m learning to drive again with no hands or feet’
When a bout of flu gave a Central Coast father the shakes, he laid down for a rest — when he “awoke” three weeks later it was to the worst news of his life.
They told me I didn’t have cancer, but a tumour sat there for months
One of two women who had their breast biopsies swapped in a shocking BreastScreen Queensland bungle has told of her devastation after being given a false all-clear.
New way to treat disease growing at faster rate than Alzheimer’s
A major discovery has been made that will create a new way to treat this neurodegenerative disease which has seen the highest increase in cases globally.
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‘Told it would fix itself’: Scary symptom dismissed by doctor
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‘Her liver was falling apart’: World-first cancer surgery saves Aussie mum
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Experts weigh in
‘I thought my headaches were Year 12 stress … I was wrong’
Sophia Noelle Thompson thought her headache was due to stress from her school exams. Instead it was hiding a horror disease that could now claim her life at any time.
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