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Childhood Trauma Can Destroy Your Health Decades Later -- and America's Ignoring It
In the mid-'90s, the CDC and Kaiser Permanente discovered an exposure that dramatically increased the risk for seven out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States. In high doses, it affects brain development, the immune system, hormonal systems, and even the way our DNA is read and transcribed. Folks who are exposed in very high doses have triple the lifetime risk of heart disease and lung cancer and a 20-year difference in life expectancy.
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Dr. Nadine Burke Harris: How Childhood Trauma Effects Health Across a Lifetime
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Ahhh,this totally makes sense,especially the bit about the bear coming home every night.