Cat Bites and Depression

A new analysis of University of Michigan Health System electronic health records dating from 1998 onwards demonstrated some interesting connections.  It so often suggested that dogs bites might act as an indication that a household is at risk and other forms of abuse might be occurring. But assumptions of this type are not supported by data, The researchers in this case looked for connections between different health problems with no particularly a priori hypothesis.  They found that seeking treatment for a cat bite was associated with subsequent depression.  the actually cause link (probably indirect) is not clear.

See:

• Describing the Relationship between Cat Bites and Human Depression Using Data from an Electronic Health Record 
• Cat Bites and Human Depression [The Data Miners' Tale] - See more at: http://www.improbable.com/2013/09/05/cat-bites-and-human-depression-the-data-miners-tale/#sthash.kBgJdWmd.dpuf