By Paddy Kamen, Publisher, BetterBrainBetterLife.com
Evidence of the profound effect of emotional trauma on children was revealed at the 63rd annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Esme Fuller-Thomson, Ph.D., and a team of colleagues from the University of Toronto, showed that children who experience a parental divorce are more likely to experience a stroke at some point in their lives: twice as likely, in fact, an astounding discovery given that the researchers controlled for smoking, obesity, exercise and alcohol consumption.
Evidence of the profound effect of emotional trauma on children was revealed at the 63rd annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Esme Fuller-Thomson, Ph.D., and a team of colleagues from the University of Toronto, showed that children who experience a parental divorce are more likely to experience a stroke at some point in their lives: twice as likely, in fact, an astounding discovery given that the researchers controlled for smoking, obesity, exercise and alcohol consumption.