Reinforcing the stereotype of the 'crazy cat lady'
And more medical malpractice of the same ilk
And this cannot be particularly about gender, either, because the exact same thing goes for the 'eccentric cat dude' next door without respect of persons.
Educated or not, some people like cats and others don't, evidently because of the gratuitous mention of cat feces in otherwise scientific-sounding literature. Really, it's time to clean out the litter box, Doc.
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... Previous studies have linked it to mind-altering behavior, such as risk-taking, depression and even schizophrenia. //The parasite, which can lie dormant in the brain for decades, is typically contracted through undercooked meat or exposure to cat feces. //Most people infected with Toxoplasma gondii experience no symptoms. ...
A cure or treatment in search of a disease, apparently. If Toxoplasma gondii really is an identifiable microorganism, claims that it eats away at living human brain tissue are extremely dubious and specious, given that it admittedly causes no symptoms at all in most cases, and that the medical treatment to be offered, if any, is psychiatric only.
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In rodents, T. gondii alters behavior in ways that increase the rodents' chances of being preyed upon by felids.
Most lab scientists I am sure, are mentally capable of building a better mousetrap, but I am equally sure the said microorganism has little if anything to do with a cat pouncing on a rat or whether or not the said rat has previously been exposed to cat do.
Or cat-scratch fever? What next?