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Scientists find stronger evidence for link between cat faeces and schizophrenia
Imperial College, London ^
| Wednesday 18 January 2006
| Tony Stephenson
Posted on 01/22/2006 4:38:30 PM PST by Virginia-American
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To: PatrickHenry
It's too late. There were cats in my life when I was a teenager. I've had a cat for the last 9 1/2 years.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I'm schizophrenic
And so am I.
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posted on
01/23/2006 7:39:05 AM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: VadeRetro
There once was a man with a cat,
That made a litter-box out of his hat,
Which when he put it on,
Caused his brains to be gone,
So he named himself VadeRetro, which doesn't rhyme but he can't tell the difference.
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posted on
01/23/2006 7:59:50 AM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
To: PatrickHenry
... which doesn't rhyme but he can't tell the difference. Actually, that poem plays on the longstanding popular confusion between schizophrenia and dissociative reaction, the Three Faces of Eve multiple-personality disorder. A subtle point so it's no surprise I have to explain it.
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posted on
01/23/2006 8:04:42 AM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: PatrickHenry
Anyway, I don't think it's the cat crap that makes you go nuts. It's just the cat.
64
posted on
01/23/2006 9:29:24 AM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: VadeRetro
Anyway, I don't think it's the cat crap that makes you go nuts. It's just the cat. In my mind they're inseparable. But even if you gave me a poop-less cat (kinda like a seedless watermelon) I still wouldn't want the thing. Dogs are noble creatures.
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posted on
01/23/2006 10:17:05 AM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
To: redheadtoo; Virginia-American; NaughtiusMaximus; LibFreeOrDie; Lady Jag; Battle Axe; ...
Apparently this is not a brand new theory http://cogweb.ucla.edu/ep/Schizovirus.html , lending credence to the idea of some sort of connection. But it would almost certainly be a prenatal connection, not due to later exposure, and would have to be at a specific stage of pregnancy. At least 30% of the US population has antibodies to the toxoplasma parasite, meaning they have been infected with it at some point, and we obviously don't have anywhere near that many schizophrenics.
However, if you read the info towards the end of the above-linked article, re toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients, another angle shows up. The effect may be due not just to the presence of the toxoplasma parasite, but to the failure of the mother's immune system to effectively ward off/limit the parasite, and this would be determined by a lot of other things that have an effect on the performance of the immune system: stress, poor nutrition, alcohol/drug abuse, etc. That would be consistent with the demographics of schizophrenia, which is more common in lower socioeconomic classes.
To: PatrickHenry
Dogs are noble creatures. Ingratiating creatures, yes. To win the love of a dog is the work of opening a can. To win the love of a cat is a never-ending struggle.
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posted on
01/23/2006 11:38:19 AM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: VadeRetro
To win the love of a cat is a never-ending struggle.And hardly worth it. Suppose the wretched creature loves you -- what then? Can you hunt with it? Will it guard your house? No, it just craps on your couch and vomits hairballs.
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posted on
01/23/2006 11:59:21 AM PST
by
PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
Can you please add me to the Cat Faeces ping list?
69
posted on
01/23/2006 1:41:30 PM PST
by
Serb5150
(Mr. T is allergic to doorknobs. That's why he can only kick through doors.)
To: PatrickHenry
My superb hunter has in his time with me accounted for three mice, a mole, a baby rabbit, and some kind of waxwing. He's retired from the chase these days. At least, I haven't noticed the fat old boy running or jumping in years.
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posted on
01/23/2006 2:16:38 PM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: VadeRetro
Well, that's some pussy you've got there.
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posted on
01/23/2006 2:18:30 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
I try not to flaunt it.
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posted on
01/23/2006 2:19:38 PM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: GovernmentShrinker
I think I was Lady Jag that touched on the possibilities of the test for toxoplasmosis being interpreted....don't know how to say this...incorrectly.
What are they testing for in the toxo test?? The presence of an enzyme or protein?? Would that compound be similar or the same for AIDS vs. toxo??? This really needs more work.
73
posted on
01/23/2006 2:53:59 PM PST
by
Battle Axe
(Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
To: Fawn
This is a crap article.*************
LOL! Indeed.
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posted on
01/23/2006 2:56:46 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: LibFreeOrDie
My male cousin died from Nephritis. He never smelled of amonia.
75
posted on
01/23/2006 6:32:37 PM PST
by
JudyB1938
(If we live in the past, we will never see the future. Neither will most of our children. -Tahoe3002)
To: Virginia-American; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; quantim; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; ...
76
posted on
01/27/2006 9:21:52 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Ooga Chakka, Hooga Hooga, Ooga Chakka, Hooga Hooga" --D. Hasselhoff)
To: Slings and Arrows
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?
Aw, what the heck, Schizophrenia sure beats being alone!
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posted on
01/27/2006 9:29:04 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
( All I want is a kind word, a warm bed, and world domination)
To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro
Scientists find stronger evidence for link between cat faeces and schizophrenia.Yoi, double yoi!
Took in two new young kitties in the house the last few days .............. I've been cleaning up so much cat poop that I don't even know who I am these days.
Get it?
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posted on
01/27/2006 10:48:10 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(Cal Thomas: If only Robert Bork had cried ...................)
To: Slings and Arrows
Thanks, Cecil is always worth reading.
His source says that T. gondii may produce LSD in the brain. Talk about a bad trip!
To: Virginia-American
It does kind of explain the way the DUmmies behave.
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posted on
01/27/2006 3:02:48 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Ooga Chakka, Hooga Hooga, Ooga Chakka, Hooga Hooga" --D. Hasselhoff)
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