Childhood sexual abuse is abhorrent, not just because of the psychological and emotional damage it causes but also because of what researchers are learning about the physical ramifications, including cardiovascular disease, that show up later in life.
In a new article in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, a team of researchers from Penn State examined how the production of the stress hormone cortisol differs from childhood to middle age for some women who experienced childhood sexual abuse.
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