Feature Story

July 30, 2009

Childhood adversities have a predictive role in peptic ulcer

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

According to the findings of Health and Social Support Study in Finland, childhood adversities have a predictive role in peptic ulcer. The most common adversities were long-lasting financial difficulties in the family, serious conflicts in the family, and a family member seriously or chronically ill. Age- and sex-adjusted odds ratios of childhood adversities varied between 1.45 and 2.01. Adjusting for smoking, heavy drinking, stress and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use had no further influence. Read more from this post.