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Childhood maltreatment responsible for up to 40 percent of mental health conditions

Childhood sedentariness linked to premature heart damage – light physical activity reversed the risk - EurekAlert

Alzheimer's risk associated with stressful life events during childhood and midlife, study finds

The Unequal Night: New Research Reveals How Sleep Disparities Start in Childhood

Economic burden of childhood verbal abuse by adults estimated at $300 billion globally

Childhood sedentariness causes excessive insulin, raising the risk of type 2 diabetes - EurekAlert

Unhappy Family or Trauma in Childhood Leads to Poor Health in Old Age

Childhood stress linked to higher risk of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes in adults

Exposure to high humidity and temperature in pregnancy could influence blood pressure changes in childhood

Research finds that experiencing household changes involving nonparents and parents during childhood significantly increases the likelihood of teen childbearing among girls

Childhood vaccine exemptions are at an all-time high. Doctors worry diseases like measles could return. Exemptions for school immunizations are the highest recorded in U.S. history.

Childhood trauma increases risk of chronic pain in adulthood, research to-date highlights

Physical fitness since childhood predicts cerebellar volume in adolescence

Childhood adversity is significantly associated with COVID-19-related hospitalization and COVID-19-related mortality

Childhood trauma linked to headaches in adulthood

Trauma, severe stress in childhood linked to criminal legal involvement in next generation