Asthma And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Linked

For the first time, a study has linked asthma with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adults in the community. The study of male twins who were veterans of the Vietnam era suggests that the association between asthma and PTSD is not primarily explained by common genetic influences.The study included 3,065 male twin pairs, who had lived together in childhood, and who had both served on active military duty during the Vietnam War. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Anxiety on November 18th, 2007