The international team involving scientists at the University of Edinburgh made the discovery by analysing large-scale healthcare register data from Finland

A commonly used antibiotic could potentially lower the risk of schizophrenia in young people, according to new research. An international team of scientists, including those from the University of Edinburgh , made this discovery by analysing extensive healthcare register data from Finland.

The researchers scrutinised data from over 56,000 adolescents who had been prescribed antibiotics while attending mental health services. They discovered that those treated with the antibiotic doxycycline had a 30-35% reduced risk of developing schizophrenia compared to their peers who were given other antibiotics.

Doxycycline, a 'broad-

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