Researchers have found significantly lower birth weights in male infants -- an average decrease of 38 grams, or approximately 1.3 ounces -- born to women who had been exposed to trauma at some point ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Male infants born to mothers with a history of trauma and higher third trimester cortisol levels had ...

A large body of studies has so far supported the notion that childhood traumatic experiences, including physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect and separation from caregivers, significantly ...

Exposure to early life trauma can elevate risk for poor physical and mental health in individuals and their children. A new epigenetics study in both men and mice posits that some of the vulnerability ...

Heavy drinking often leads to trauma, and can also complicate subsequent assessment and patient care. New findings show that testing for blood alcohol levels (BALs) can identify high-risk patients, ...

In preliminary results, researchers found that 86% of respondents experienced at least one trauma symptom, 94% reported grief The COVID-19 pandemic could inflict long-lasting emotional trauma on an ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Government data show that approximately 7.2 million women in the United States have substance use disorders (SUDs) and almost 20 million reported illicit substance use in the ...

Metro Life Flight's team rushes an 18-year-old male patient from Lorain who was injured while working on an automobile in October 2010 to MetroHealth's level one trauma center in a time lapse ...

Every Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Booker T. Washington Center, the Choosing Peace program teaches Macon-Bibb County kids about peaceful conflict resolution in an effort to reduce violence and improve ...

What do the levels of trauma centers mean to you? Unless you experience a devastating injury that thrusts you or your family into the trauma world, you may have never thought about this. It’s summer ...

To answer those questions, we first need to understand what exactly trauma is, more specifically what a traumatic injury is. University of Florida Health defines a traumatic injury as a physical ...