PinterestMetabolic abnormalities possible result of poor diet in schizophrenia patients
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- Published on Thursday, 07 February 2013 11:12
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Poor diets may be a factor leading to metabolic abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia.
UK researchers from King’s College London conducted a literature search, identifying 738 research studies that focused on unhealthy lifestyles, cardiovascular risks and metabolic abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia. Valeria Mondelli and her colleagues reviewed 31 of these studies, which focused on dietary patterns and the metabolic effects on patients with schizophrenia.
Brain activity a possible test for schizophrenia
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New research says that the brain’s natural electrical currents could possibly be used as a test for schizophrenia. Currently there is no blood or laboratory test to confirm schizophrenia, meaning a patient must meet specific symptom criteria in order to be diagnosis by a clinician.
Magnetoencephalogram (MEG) technology was used by scientists from the Univesity of Plymouth and Spain. An MEG uses extremely sensitive magnetometers to map brain activity by recording magnetic fields that are produced naturally in the brain by electrical currents. Researchers used this non-invasive MEG to identify two brain features in schizophrenia patients that are significantly different from healthy control subjects.
Is schizophrenia connected to deprivation?
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Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Queen Mary University in London say that schizophrenia may be related to social inequality and deprivation.
The study, published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin, showed that schizophrenia was more common in poorer urban areas with high population densities.
