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New study links schizophrenia to cat ownership
If you've not heard. http://www.alphr.com/science/1000973...-cat-ownership The other voice in my head doesn't agree. |
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New study links schizophrenia to cat ownership
All 3 studies hover around 50%. Isn't that like tossing a coin??
buglady take out the dog before replying On 6/18/2015 6:13 AM, whisky-dave wrote: If you've not heard. http://www.alphr.com/science/1000973...-cat-ownership The other voice in my head doesn't agree. |
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New study links schizophrenia to cat ownership
FYI, here's the facts on toxoplasmosis. Dogs can be infected also.
Since infection can be attained through multiple sources, these studies don't impress me. It will just be another reason for folks to fear cats, like the cat will smother your baby nonsense. http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxopla...info/faqs.html buglady take out the dog before replying On 6/18/2015 7:39 AM, buglady wrote: All 3 studies hover around 50%. Isn't that like tossing a coin?? buglady take out the dog before replying On 6/18/2015 6:13 AM, whisky-dave wrote: If you've not heard. http://www.alphr.com/science/1000973...-cat-ownership The other voice in my head doesn't agree. |
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New study links schizophrenia to cat ownership
On 2015-06-18 6:13 AM, whisky-dave wrote:
If you've not heard. http://www.alphr.com/science/1000973...-cat-ownership The other voice in my head doesn't agree. Approximately 50 percent of the people who later had schizophrenia had cats around when they were children. That might seem significant at first but I'm guessing that a much higher percentage of eventual schizophrenics had exposure to hot dogs or peanut butter or electromagnetic radiation as kids. Wouldn't those things be more likely the culprit than cats? Scientists express this sort of reasoning succinctly with the observation that "correlation is not the same as causation". As far as I known T.gondi has not been shown to cause schizophrenia. I believe the cause(s) of schizophrenia remain entirely unknown. Someday we will, I hope, figure out the cause of schizophrenia and that will help us figure out how to prevent it, assuming it can be prevented. In the meantime, accept that we don't know and avoid persecuting cats just on the suspicion that they may be involved. -- Rhino |
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New study links schizophrenia to cat ownership
On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:45:13 -0400, Rhino
wrote: On 2015-06-18 6:13 AM, whisky-dave wrote: If you've not heard. http://www.alphr.com/science/1000973...-cat-ownership The other voice in my head doesn't agree. Approximately 50 percent of the people who later had schizophrenia had cats around when they were children. That might seem significant at first but I'm guessing that a much higher percentage of eventual schizophrenics had exposure to hot dogs or peanut butter or electromagnetic radiation as kids. Wouldn't those things be more likely the culprit than cats? Scientists express this sort of reasoning succinctly with the observation that "correlation is not the same as causation". As far as I known T.gondi has not been shown to cause schizophrenia. I believe the cause(s) of schizophrenia remain entirely unknown. Someday we will, I hope, figure out the cause of schizophrenia and that will help us figure out how to prevent it, assuming it can be prevented. In the meantime, accept that we don't know and avoid persecuting cats just on the suspicion that they may be involved. It's a weird thing. Reports claim that about 50% of the population carry T.gondii. Appently, it's not just schizophrenia but depression and anxiety as well. This thing may have altered entire cultures. I also read that pregnant women should not handle litter boxes. -- |
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New study links schizophrenia to cat ownership
On Thursday, 18 June 2015 18:45:15 UTC+1, Rhino wrote:
On 2015-06-18 6:13 AM, whisky-dave wrote: If you've not heard. http://www.alphr.com/science/1000973...-cat-ownership The other voice in my head doesn't agree. Approximately 50 percent of the people who later had schizophrenia had cats around when they were children. That might seem significant at first but I'm guessing that a much higher percentage of eventual schizophrenics had exposure to hot dogs or peanut butter or electromagnetic radiation as kids. Wouldn't those things be more likely the culprit than cats? No more so than smoking certain types of pot, or taking acid I suspect. They have found T.gondi in ottors in the UK, which they believe comes from empting cat litter into the water system. Scientists express this sort of reasoning succinctly with the observation that "correlation is not the same as causation". As far as I known T.gondi has not been shown to cause schizophrenia. I believe the cause(s) of schizophrenia remain entirely unknown. They do but they think that certain things either trigger them or make you more likely to 'suffer' schizophrenia . from Someday we will, I hope, figure out the cause of schizophrenia and that will help us figure out how to prevent it, assuming it can be prevented. Yes and that takes a lot of time and study. In the meantime, accept that we don't know and avoid persecuting cats just on the suspicion that they may be involved. I'm not persecuting cats niether is anyone else. Most people know of mad cat ladies. Maybe constant exposure to T.gondi (rather than the cats) does cause cetain traits like this, we won't know whitout either animal testing and/or large scale studies. |
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New study links schizophrenia to cat ownership
Google Groups silliness...
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