
APOE4: Beat the Odds
She Diagnosed Her Mother With Alzheimer's. Then Found Out She Carries the APOE4 Gene.
<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Then in 2016, she diagnosed her own mother.</p><p><br></p><p>Two years later, while battling breast cancer and searching for the BRCA gene, she discovered something else: she carries APOE4.</p><p><br></p><p>In this Phoenix Member Stories episode, Dr. Behan shares:</p><p>→ The moment she diagnosed her mother (and what happened next)</p><p>→ Why discovering APOE4 after her mother's diagnosis felt "believable"</p><p...

