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Long Term Effects of Childhood Trauma

I recently read an article on how emotional and physical abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence as a child, can affect your health in the long term as an adult. Victims of childhood abuse in adulthood are more likely to have long-term chronic diseases. Childhood trauma has other long term effects on people — addictions, […]

A Difficult Diagnosis – Part 3 of a Series

Information provided by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Diagnosing lupus can be difficult. It may take months or even years for doctors to piece together the symptoms to diagnose this complex disease accurately. Making a correct diagnosis of lupus requires knowledge and awareness on the part of the doctor and […]