Posted on 12/09/2023 6:54:21 PM PST by dynachrome
New medical research suggests that owning a cat could double the risk of developing schizophrenia.
To reach that conclusion, scientists in Australia analyzed 17 studies published over the last 44 years from 11 different countries, including the US and the UK.
“Our findings support an association between cat exposure and an increased risk of broadly defined schizophrenia-related disorders,” the authors wrote in their analysis, published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin.
“We found that individuals exposed to cats had approximately twice the odds of developing schizophrenia,” wrote the research team from the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.
Schizophrenia is a complex mental illness that often runs in families, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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Where did you get that bed???
LOL - that’s not mine. Someone sent me that picture a couple of days ago for a laugh.
Ravcoons WILL take cats. One came inside ,grabbed a seversl month old kitten and ran off under some farm machinery where it haf dug a den. The kitten’s mother and myself both tried to rescue the kitten but were a couple feet too slow. Mother cat went into the den ,and I had to hear the terrified cries of the kitten as it was killed . Raccoon died from lead poisoning two nights later. Mother cat returned after another day.
Another large raccoon boldly walked up to and started to grab an adult cat but ran off when I yelled.
Several other small kittens disappeared when I had foolishly thought the raccoons were only eating the outside cat food.
An adult raccoon can easily kill an adult ordinary cat,as the ‘coon will outweigh the domestic cat .
The common pet cat sadly often doesn’t realize raccoons are a theat .
I miss the coon hunters of the past.
It’s my understanding that schizophrenia does,in fact,run in families.If that’s true it would suggest that it’s at least partially genetic. Unless cats somehow transmit some as yet unidentified virus to humans that contribute to brain deterioration it’s hard to believe that there’s any genuine biological connection between cats and schizophrenia.
You owe me a new keyboard for that one!
Bobcat chasing a opossum in the house. That would make for a lively awakening in the middle of the night
All the voices in my head are speaking Spanish and I don’t understand them
Does the cooking neutralize the disease or is it the MSG?
T. Gondii is a real problem, and only cats can grow it and leave it for you to get.
House cats aren’t native to the US.
“I don’t have a cat....Yes I do...No I Don’t...SHUT UP!”
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