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    Childhood Physical Abuse Linked To Arthritis, Study Finds

    There is more to it I WAS abused. The constant stress of constant abuse takes its toll on the immune system (you are even more likely to catch a cold when under stress). All those stress hormones (cortisol and others) churning through your body, hour after hour, day after day, year after year...