Study Finds Inverse Correlation between Alzheimer’s, Cancer

According to a study published in Neurology, there appears to be an inverse correlation between rates of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. It appears that having one ailment protects an individual from getting the other. These findings were discussed at this week’s Alzheimers Association International Conference in Boston. In an interview with the  Detroit Free Press, epidemiologist, oncologist and geriatrician Jane A. Driver believes that each condition is caused by opposite activity in the genes – one that causes stubborn cells to reproduce  (cancer) and another that renders brain cells unable to reproduce and are prone to dying quickly (Alzheimer’s). Click here to read the full story from the Detroit Free Press.