Childhood Adversity Linked with Shorter Telomeres
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 05:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Major childhood psychological and social stressors, such as trouble with the police and parental substance abuse, increase the odds of shorter telomere length in adulthood, according to a study led by researchers at UC San Francisco. “This was the first study of telomere length to undertake a lifespan approach,” said co-lead author Eli Puterman, PhD, […]