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Childhood Stress Linked to Later Health Issues

A 45-year-long study of nearly 7,000 people has found that psychological distress in childhood is associated with a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes in adulthood. Ashley Winning, ScD, MPH, of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health, and colleagues examined data collected about participants in …

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Work Stress Raises Diabetes Risk

Posted on July 19, 2016, 6 a.m. in Diabetes Stress Job strain can significantly increase a person’s risk of developing type-2 diabetes. Previously, studies report that workplace stress can have a range of adverse health effects, especially raising the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Cornelia Huth, from Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen (Germany), and colleagues examined data prospectively …

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