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High risk of chronic health conditions plagues those with schizophrenia
12-12-2006 · EurekAlert!Both men and women with schizophrenia are significantly more likely to have one or more of 46 common chronic health conditions than individuals without mental illness, according to study led by Caroline Carney Doebbeling, M.D., of the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
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