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Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and the Childhood Roots of Health Disparities: Building a New Framework for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
(JAMA, June 3, 2009)
This new paper published in the June 3, 2009, issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association says that the origins of many adult diseases can be traced to negative experiences early in life, so confronting the causes of adversity before and shortly after birth may be a promising way to improve adult health and reduce premature deaths. The article was co-authored by the Center's founding director, Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., and Council members W. Thomas Boyce, M.D., College for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia, and Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University.
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