Schizophrenia Cats
A common parasite carried by cats and farm animals may increase a person's risk for schizophrenia, a new study suggests. Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and Johns Hopkins Children's Center studied 180 schizophrenia patients and found that those who had been exposed to the Toxoplasma gondii parasite before their diagnosis had a 24-percent higher risk of having the disease than those who hadn't been exposed.
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