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Women who had bad childhoods tend to have shorter protective caps on the ends of their immune cell DNA, which may mean their cells are aging faster.
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The Association of Childhood Maltreatment With Lipid Peroxidation and DNA Damage in Postpartum Women
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
This study looked at signs of cell damage from stress but didn’t check telomeres (the protective caps on DNA), which is what the claim is about—so it doesn’t prove or disprove the claim, but it doesn’t find the kind of damage the claim expects.