Researchers have determined that children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults.

Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.

A new study suggests children who suffered emotional or physical abuse may age prematurely as adults. Researchers from Butler Hospital and Brown University believe traumatized children have a reduction in the size of telomeres, the “caps” on the end of chromosomes that promote cellular stability. The reduction is significant as telomeres typically shorten with age. The [...]

PROVO -- A Utah County doctor made his first appearance in Provo's 4th District Court on Monday on charges of forcible sexual abuse, voyeurism and obstruction of justice for allegations that he sexual

Researchers from Brown University and Butler Hospital have determined that children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults. The findings are published online in the journal Biological Psychiatry.

Communities need to stand up to elder neglect and abuse, Minister for Senior Citizens John Carter told the Breaking the Silence Hui today.

Physical or emotional abuse during childhood could speed up the body's ageing process, US research suggests.

Children who endured mistreatment, varying from emotional neglect to physical abuse, may be faced with accelerated cellular ageing as adults, a new study finds.

Nancy Ortiz of Orosi has been sentenced to more than 22 years in state prison. A jury convicted Ortiz early last month on second-degree murder and felony child abuse charges and. On Monday, Ortiz was sentenced to 7 years and 4 months for the abuse charges and 15 years to life in connection with the death of her daughter. Ortiz did not speak during the hearing but did get emotional when the ...

The Scottsdale Unified School District and the Scottsdale Charros held assemblies in each of the district's five high schools last week to talk about the dangers of anabolic steroids.