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Missing New Orleans boy died from blunt force trauma from alligator, authorities say

Missing New Orleans boy died from blunt force trauma from alligator, authorities say

A nonverbal New Orleans boy who disappeared earlier this month was found dead Tuesday and appears to have died in part from an alligator attack, officials said. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said Wednesday that Bryan Vasquez, 12, drowned after suffering blunt force trauma from an alligator. His body was found in a lagoon in the city’s Michoud neighborhood, …

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Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards discusses trauma of losing baby at 24 weeks

Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards discusses trauma of losing baby at 24 weeks

Mark Savage Music correspondent Getty Images Perrie Edwards said she had suffered two miscarriages Little Mix star Perrie Edwards has spoken for the first time about the trauma of losing a baby at 24 weeks. The singer, 32, said she became pregnant less than a year after the birth of her first son, Axel, in August 2021. But after the …

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Inside the CDC, shooting adds to trauma as workers describe projects, careers in limbo

Inside the CDC, shooting adds to trauma as workers describe projects, careers in limbo

Facebook Tweet Email Link Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers whose jobs have been reinstated after dizzying Trump administration disruptions say they remain stuck in a budgetary, political, and professional limbo. Their work includes major agency priorities such as HIV testing and monitoring, as well as work at the nation’s leading sexually transmitted infections lab. And while employees are …

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Inside the CDC, shooting adds to trauma as workers describe projects, careers in limbo

Inside the CDC, shooting adds to trauma as workers describe projects, careers in limbo

Facebook Tweet Email Link Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers whose jobs have been reinstated after dizzying Trump administration disruptions say they remain stuck in a budgetary, political, and professional limbo. Their work includes major agency priorities such as HIV testing and monitoring, as well as work at the nation’s leading sexually transmitted infections lab. And while employees are …

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Childhood Trauma May Rewire Brain for Lifelong Aggression

Childhood Trauma May Rewire Brain for Lifelong Aggression

Key Questions Answered: Q: What brain region is being studied to understand aggression?A: Researchers are focusing on the thalamic nucleus reuniens, which connects memory, emotion, and decision-making areas of the brain and may play a key role in impulsive aggression following trauma. Q: How does early-life trauma influence aggression later in life?A: Trauma during childhood can alter brain circuits that …

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“Gen Z Stare”? Millennials, Your Boomer Trauma Is Showing.

“Gen Z Stare”? Millennials, Your Boomer Trauma Is Showing.

Just when I thought the millennial-Gen Z alliance had reached a zenith, the “Gen Z stare” debate was born. The “Gen Z stare” is supposedly the blank look Gen Zers give when they’re asked a question or faced with a situation they don’t know how to respond to. Most of the debate hinges on Gen Zers working customer service roles, …

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Childhood trauma can harm health for life

Childhood trauma can harm health for life

Distressing youth environments may impact cardiovascular health, aging Adverse experiences and environments in childhood may cause a chain reaction of mental and physical health problems later in life, according to new University of Georgia research. Sierra Carter The study suggests growing up with negative events and in dangerous communities in early adolescence can alter an entire lifetime, particularly for Black …

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