Schizophrenia and epilepsy patients die before age 50

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Schizophrenia and epilepsy patients die before they reach the age of 50, according to the latest American medical research.

"There was a very high mortality rate among people with these disorders, especially those with a combination of epilepsy and schizophrenia, and more than 25 percent of them die between the ages of 25 and 25," said Dr. Jacob Christensen, professor of neurology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. 50"He said.

The study, published in the May issue of Epilepsy, examined the difficulties of coexisting with epilepsy and schizophrenia.

The findings are designed to help health care professionals develop new work processes so that these groups of patients can receive appropriate treatment.

"We already know from previous studies that this group of patients is dying from a wide range of lifestyle diseases, and some of these are preventable."He said.

People with epilepsy and schizophrenia are particularly vulnerable – and certainly there is scope to improve how the health care system treats and treats them,.

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