From the University of Colorado Denver press release via EurekAlert!: Choline, an essential nutrient similar to the B vitamin and found in foods such as liver, muscle meats, fish, nuts and eggs, when given as…
From the Lund University press release via ScienceDaily: A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the average life expectancy of men and women with schizophrenia is 15 years and 12 years shorter…
From the University of Cambridge press release via HealthCanal: Higher rates of schizophrenia in urban areas can be attributed to increased deprivation, increased population density and an increase in inequality within a neighbourhood, new research…
From the UC San Diego Health Sciences press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System have found that deficiencies in the…
From the King’s College London press release via HealthCanal: New research suggests that the molecular mechanism leading to schizophrenia may be different in patients who fail to respond to anti-psychotic medication compared to patients who…
From the Columbia University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: Although schizophrenia is highly genetic in origin, the genes involved in the disorder have been difficult to identify. In the past few years, researchers have…
From the Elsevier press release via AlphaGalileo: There are a growing number of clues that immune and inflammatory mechanisms are important for the biology of schizophrenia. In a new study in Biological Psychiatry, Dr. Mar…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release via ScienceDaily: People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according…
From the Elsevier press release via AlphaGalileo: A new study reinforces the finding that a region of the genome involved in immune system function, called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), is involved in the genetic…
From the CAMH press release via EurekAlert!: The risk of death resulting from heart attack is higher in people with schizophrenia than in the general public, according to scientists at the Centre for Addiction and…