Early life adversity through poverty, social isolation or abuse in childhood is linked to heightened reactivity, which can lead to heart disease later on, a leading expert on stress and disease said Saturday.
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September 29, 2009
Social Isolation Worsens Cancer, Mouse Study Suggests
Using mice as a model to study human breast cancer, researchers have demonstrated that a negative social isolation causes increased tumor growth. The work shows -- for the first time -- that social isolation is associated with altered gene expression in mouse mammary glands, and that these changes are accompanied by larger tumors. This novel finding may begin to explain how the environment affect
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August 5, 2009
Dramatic Increase In Social Isolation Cited By 2004 General Social Survey Is Disputed
A widely publicized analysis of social network size, which reported dramatically increasing social isolation when it was published in 2006, has sparked an academic debate in the August issue of the American Sociological Review (ASR), the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association. The 2006 report by sociologists Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew E.
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July 21, 2009
The Sounds Of Learning: Studying The Impact Of Music On Children With Autism
The power of music affects all of us and has long appealed to our emotions. It is for this reason that researchers are using music to help children with autism spectrum disorders, for whom understanding emotions is a very difficult task. This inability robs them of the chance to communicate effectively and make friends and can often lead to social isolation and loneliness.
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