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Trauma earlier in life may affect response to stress years later
11-20-2007 · EurekAlert!Cornell researchers report that rapes, sudden deaths of loved ones, life-threatening accidents and other such traumas may result in long-term changes in the stress response in some people, even if they don't have post-traumatic stress disorder.
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