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Domestic Violence
Long-term health consequences seen for women
July 4th, 2002
A Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing study concludes female victims of physical and/or sexual abuse have a significantly higher rate of common health problems, even after the abuse ends, compared with women who have never been abused. In a study of 2005 well-educated, middle-class, Caucasian and African American women, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, 1 in 10 reported histories of domestic violence and now suffer from neurological, gynecological, and stress-related problems at a rate 50-70% higher than never-abused women. Symptoms among the abused women included headaches, back pain, sexually transmitted diseases,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-07-04)
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