Are some psychiatric, neurodegenerative and auto-immune conditions caused or triggered by undiagnosed infections? More and more studies are pointing to this.A cheap antibiotic normally prescribed to teenagers for acne is to be tested as a treatment to alleviate the symptoms of psychosis in patients with schizophrenia, in a trial that could advance scientific understanding of the causes of mental illness. The National Institute for Health Research is funding a £1.9m UK trial of … [Read more...]