Rhonda Patrick· PhD
So bad things that happen, job loss, mourning, victimization, financial events, so when you add those up during pregnancy, they predict shorter telomeres.
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So bad things that happen, job loss, mourning, victimization, financial events, so when you add those up during pregnancy, they predict shorter telomeres.
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So we do know that stress during pregnancy is associated with shorter telomeres at birth in the cord blood.