Epidemiological Study Disclosed A Relationship Between Childhood Abuse And...
This is the first community study which specifically addresses the relationship between childhood abuse and vulnerability to illness with reliable methods. It derives from the collaboration of New...
View ArticleDepression in women with migraine linked to childhood abuse
Childhood abuse is more common in women with migraine who suffer depression than in women with migraine alone. (2007-09-04)
View ArticleGene protects adults abused as children from depression
Some forms of a gene that controls the body's response to stress hormones appear to protect adults who were abused in childhood from depression, psychiatrists have found. (2008-02-05)
View ArticleChild abuse may 'mark' genes in the brains of suicide victims
A team of McGill University scientists has discovered important differences between the brains of suicide victims and so-called normal brains. Although the genetic sequence was identical in the suicide...
View ArticlePhysical and sexual abuse linked to asthma in Puerto Rican kids
Children who are physically or sexually abused are more than twice as likely to have asthma as their peers, according to a recent study of urban children in Puerto Rico. In fact, physical and sexual...
View ArticleStudy finds higher prevalence of early menarche among survivors of childhood...
African-American women who were younger at menarche, or the onset of their menstrual periods, were more likely to report a history of childhood sexual abuse. (2009-05-19)
View ArticleChildhood physical abuse linked to cancer
Childhood physical abuse is associated with elevated rates of cancer in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers. (2009-06-26)
View ArticleChildhood adversity may affect processing in the brain's reward pathways
New research shows that childhood adversity is associated with diminished neural activity in brain regions implicated in the anticipation of possible rewards. (2009-07-16)
View ArticleStudy finds link between childhood physical abuse and arthritis
Adults who had experienced physical abuse as children have 56 per cent higher odds of osteoarthritis compared to those who have not been abused, according to a new study by University of Toronto...
View ArticlePossible Link Studied Between Childhood Abuse and Early Cellular Aging
Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University. (2009-11-23)
View ArticleChildhood traumas linger as health risk factors for adults
Research from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London has found that negative experiences in childhood may alter not only mental health but also physical health, into middle age and...
View ArticleChildhood adversity may promote cellular aging
Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse could be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research published by Elsevier in Biological Psychiatry. (2010-03-17)
View ArticleStudy: Specific PTSD symptoms related to anger and aggressiveness among...
Focusing on certain PTSD symptoms may be key to treating anger among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans, according to a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Veterans Affairs researchers....
View ArticleU of T researchers find link between childhood physical abuse and heart disease
Childhood physical abuse is associated with significantly elevated rates of heart disease in adulthood, according to new findings by University of Toronto researchers, published in this month's issue...
View ArticleChildhood adversity worsens effects of stress, adding to current hardships,...
Children who experience trauma may enter a cycle of negative emotions - anxiety and depression - that could contribute to health problems later and precipitate an early death, a leading health...
View ArticleChildhood adversity may lead to unhealthy stress response in adult life
Seemingly healthy adults, if they were abused or neglected during childhood, may suffer physiological consequences decades later. (2010-10-08)
View ArticleChildhood physical abuse linked to peptic ulcers
Victims of childhood physical abuse are more than twice as likely to develop ulcers than people who were not abused as children, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto....
View ArticleBiological links found between childhood abuse and adolescent depression
Kate Harkness has found that a history of physical, sexual or emotional abuse in childhood substantially increases the risk of depression in adolescence by altering a person's neuroendocrine response...
View ArticleResearchers find novel drug target for the treatment of post-traumatic stress...
A team of researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine has identified a promising therapeutic target in the brain that could lead to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (2011-09-06)
View ArticleAbused girls may have higher risk of heart disease, stroke as adults
Sexually and physically abused girls may have higher risks for heart attacks, heart disease and strokes as adults, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific...
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