How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime - Nadine Burke Harris
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Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse and neglect has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer.
If a person with a high ACE score doesn’t engage in high-risk behavior, why are they still more likely to heart disease or cancer?
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