Heart disease more likely for adults with dysfunctional childhoods
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 15:40
in Health & Medicine
Children who experience trauma, abuse, neglect and family dysfunction are at increased risk of having heart disease in their 50s and 60s, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Results from the study showed people exposed to the highest levels of childhood family environment adversity were more than 50 percent more likely to have a cardiovascular disease […]