Adversity in childhood can increase risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood
Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 08:07
in Health & Medicine
Early life adversity through poverty, social isolation or abuse in childhood is linked to heightened reactivity, which can lead to heart disease later on, a leading expert on stress and disease said Saturday...
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