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Toxoplasmosis gondii, which is also linked to schizophrenia, is mainly carried by cats. It’s present in nearly 100% of outdoor cats. This new study is the best argument I’ve seen for requiring cats to be licensed, just as dogs are, and kept indoors.
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that a parasite found in 11% of the American population has been linked to alzheimer’s, epilepsy, and cancer.
One third of the world’s population is infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Researchers say that the toxic parasite affects 11% of the U.S. population aged 6 years and over.
Genengnews.com reports: Researchers from 16 institutions across the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland, and Australia have now analyzed genetic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data from infected individuals, and from studies in cell cultures, to link T. gondii infection with a number of brain disorders, including epilepsy, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and even some cancers. “This study is a paradigm shifter,” stated co-author Dennis Steindler, Ph.D., director of the Neuroscience and Aging Lab at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. “We now have to insert…
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News you can use. Adopting a feral cat means taking the critter to the vet!
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A very expensive trip I might add – a vet can only diagnose it – apparently there’s no cure.
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I am sure they are late in telling us – they knew a long time.
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You betcha, Lara. I learned about this stuff in medical school in the 1970s.
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Royal Rife’s work should be pursued
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Agreed. It should.
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