Future blood tests may be able to detect the condition earlier in people whose cells are aging early due to stressors like psychiatric disorders or childhood maltreatment, researchers say
For some people, extreme stressors like psychiatric disorders or childhood neglect and abuse can lead to a range of health problems later in life, including depression, anxiety and cardiovascular disease. A new study led by researchers in the Penn State Center for Healthy Aging identified genetic indicators that can predict another health problem, the decline of cognitive abilities, among people who have been affected by these extreme stressors.
The team recently published their findings in Neurobiology of Stress.