MTHFR Variations Linked to Mental Health Disorders
The Gilbody Study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology last January found that the MTHFR C677T variant was associated with an increased risk of developing not only schizophrenia but also depression and bipolar disorder.
For those of you without biochemistry backgrounds, MTHFR is shorthand for the enzyme Methylenetetrahydrofolate-reductasean enzyme that helps the body recycle the [...]
Genetic Tests Have Potential to Subdivide Schizophrenia
Syndromes with poorly understood causes, inconsistent presentations, and ineffective treatments are the bane of practicing physicians. The main hope for these conditions is that eventually incremental scientific advances will help divide them into more predictable, preventable, identifiable, and treatable diseases. My guess is that schizophrenia (literally divided heart) is headed for functional divisions itself. Roffman [...]
