Toxoplasma infection may be a risk factor for manifestation of psychotic-like symptoms

It's been a while since I last talked about  Toxoplasma gondii on this blog ( see here ). All the initial research excitement from a fe...

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"medical disorders in children with ASD and ADHD appear to be widespread"

The quote titling this brief post is taken from the results of the systematic review undertaken by Jet Muskens and colleagues [1] (open-acc...

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MoBa does prenatal fever and autism risk

' MoBa does.. ' is fast becoming a common title on this blog ( see here and see here ). Referring to the  Norwegian Mother and Chil...

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Schizophrenia and CRP meta-analysed again

" Our study provides evidence that higher CRP  [ C-reactive protein ]  levels are associated with increased risk of SZ  [ schizophrenia...

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Oral vitamin D and the inflammatory effects of sunburn

In something of a departure from the typical content of this blog, I want to briefly introduce the paper by Jeffrey Scott and colleagues [1...

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The inflammatory effects of unemployment?

" Our study demonstrates that systemic inflammation is associated with an important but little-studied aspect of the social environmen...

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The PANDAS hypothesis is supported

PANDAS -  pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection - is, as the name suggests, a condition /...

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"a gluten-related subgroup of schizophrenia"?

A quote to begin this post: " this preliminary study demonstrates that altered AGDA  [antibodies against gliadin-derived antigen]  leve...

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Hornig, Lipkin and chronic fatigue syndrome again

Drs Mady Hornig and Ian Lipkin once again provide some fodder for this blog,  continuing one of their important research themes on how chro...

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Allergy and ADHD meta-analysed and guess what...

" Reports of frequent manifestation of allergic diseases in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been t...

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"Asthma was associated with increased risk for schizophrenia"

'Big data' Taiwan is once again the topic of a post on this blog as the results published by Wei-Chen Wang and colleagues [1] ( ope...

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On a 'bidirectional relationship' between depression and autoimmune disorders

" We replicated the finding that autoimmune disorders are frequently comorbid with depression , using a longitudinal national birth co...

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HSV-2 gestational infection and offspring autism risk

" In our cohort, high levels of antibodies to herpes simplex virus 2 at midpregnancy were associated with an elevated risk of autism s...

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Neuropsychiatric disorder onset "temporally related to prior vaccinations"?

" Given the modest magnitude of these findings in contrast to the clear public health benefits of the timely administration of vaccine...

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