Posted by greywolf on January 29, 2006, at 14:17:33
In reply to Re: REALITY CHECK, posted by summerflowers on December 30, 2005, at 5:54:25
There was an interesting article a few months ago in Esquire about a researcher (one of the magazine's "best and brightest" for 2005) who has spent a couple decades researching the connection between cats and schizophrenia. Seems that a number of studies have noticed a statistically significant parallel between the presence of cats in households with children and later development of schizophrenia. Speculation is that the toxoplasmosis (if I have that right) organism that inhabits felines may be a contributor.
My understanding is that they don't have any firm connection yet, but it's an interesting theory.
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