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  "id": 786338,
  "title": "Severe mental illness linked to preventable physical disease and shorter life span",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/severe-mental-illness-linked-to-preventable-physical-disease-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-severe-mental-illness-linked-physical.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Being diagnosed with a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can reduce a person's life expectancy by up to 20 years compared with the general population, University of Queensland researchers have found. The research was published in Lancet Psychiatry.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}