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Childhood, Disrupted

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Adversity in childhood can create long-lasting scars, damaging our cells and our DNA, and making us sick as adults

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Microglia: A New Target in the Brain for Depression, Alzheimer’s, and More?

As a science journalist whose niche spans neuroscience, immunology, and human emotion, I knew at the time that it didn’t make scientific sense that inflammation in the body could be connected to — much less cause — illness in the brain.

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The Tiny Brain Cells that Connect Our Mental and Physical Health

A new understanding of long-overlooked cells called microglia is challenging the assumption that body and brain function are completely independent.

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8 Ways People Recover From Post Childhood Adversity Syndrome

Cutting-edge research tells us that experiencing childhood emotional trauma can play a large role in whether we develop physical disease in adulthood. In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the growing scientific link between childhood adversity and adult physical disease.

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Raw and Red-Hot

Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?

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Managing Your Autoimmune Disease During Summer’s Hottest Days

For many people with an autoimmune disease, the extreme heat of summer makes their symptoms worse. It can trigger flare-ups that include excessive fatigue, muscle aches, pain, inflammation and swelling.

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Mold Exposure and the Autoimmune-Inflammation Spectrum

For those with a chronic autoimmune or inflammatory disease, figuring out what’s driving your symptoms can be a job. The check engine light is on—but why?

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The Autoimmune Spectrum: Does It Exist, and Are You on It?

Autoimmunity—which affects three quarters more women than it does men—encompasses a range of conditions and diseases that involve the immune system mistakenly attacking the body’s own organs, tissues, and cells.

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