We’d venture to say that this wasn’t on anyone’s Bingo card. For years, researchers have noticed something unexpected: people who survive cancer are far less likely to develop Alzheimer’s. A new study may finally explain why — and it challenges long-held assumptions about how these conditions interact.

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Cancer Tumors May Help Clear Alzheimer’s Protein Clumps, Study Finds