A shot of cortisone stops traumatic stress, study suggests

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Scientists say that a single extra dose of cortisone -- which the body naturally produces just after a traumatic event -- reduces the chance that an individual will develop PTSD by 60 percent.

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