http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/06/when-microorganisms-control-the-mind/ The latest Health news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/06/when-microorganisms-control-the-mind/#comment-1845743 sandy henry Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:07:04 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/?p=121879#comment-1845743 Why limit yourself to the exotic? I have observed hundreds of elderly females admitted to hospitals for altered mental status that had nothing more serious than an urinary tract infection. It doesn't have to be a parasite to affect the brain. Why limit yourself to the exotic? I have observed hundreds of elderly females admitted to hospitals for altered mental status that had nothing more serious than an urinary tract infection. It doesn’t have to be a parasite to affect the brain.

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/06/when-microorganisms-control-the-mind/#comment-1840426 Mike in Florida Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:39:04 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/?p=121879#comment-1840426 Can't cross the blood-brain barrier, Christina? Really? Funny, I seen many MRIs of brains with Toxoplasmosis parasites in cysts all through the tissue and vividly remember viewing slides of H&E stained brain tissue in histology class where the parasite was readily observable. Search any neuropathology image library, and you WILL find pictures of Toxoplasmosis cysts in the brain. Can’t cross the blood-brain barrier, Christina? Really? Funny, I seen many MRIs of brains with Toxoplasmosis parasites in cysts all through the tissue and vividly remember viewing slides of H&E stained brain tissue in histology class where the parasite was readily observable. Search any neuropathology image library, and you WILL find pictures of Toxoplasmosis cysts in the brain.

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/06/when-microorganisms-control-the-mind/#comment-1840054 aliciawitta Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:32:27 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/?p=121879#comment-1840054 just as Gary explained I didnt even know that some people able to make $5443 in a few weeks on the computer. did you see this site link Tips15,US just as Gary explained I didnt even know that some people able to make $5443 in a few weeks on the computer. did you see this site link Tips15,US

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/06/when-microorganisms-control-the-mind/#comment-1840029 christina Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:00:57 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/?p=121879#comment-1840029 This is not true. The research linking the parasite to dementia has been debunked. The parasite can't cross the blood-brain barrier. This is not true. The research linking the parasite to dementia has been debunked. The parasite can’t cross the blood-brain barrier.

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