Can Childhood Trauma Shorten Your Life?
I recently read an article that could save your life. Over the past 18 years, Dr. Vincent Felitti and his professional partner, Dr. Robert Anda, have been researching the effects of adverse childhood experience (ACE) on long-term physical health. Childhood trauma leads to serious illnesses as adults Here are some of their conclusions: “People with ACE scores of four or higher [meaning, there were four or more adverse childhood experiences] were twice as likely to be diagnosed with cancer, twice as likely to have heart disease, four times as likely to suffer from emphysema or chronic bronchitis, and twelve times [...]
Are Your Beliefs Making You Ill?
The Placebo Effect One of the best proofs that beliefs have a powerful impact on our health has existed for years right under the noses of every physician in the world: the placebo effect, “a change in a patient’s illness attributable to the symbolic import of a treatment rather than a specific pharmacologic or physiological property.” In other words, it is your natural healing ability triggered by belief in a treatment, doctor, or institution. Every new drug is tested for safety and efficacy before it is put on the market. Part of all testing involves giving the [...]
