Toxic Stress Is The Hidden Public Health Crisis California's New Surgeon General Wants To Solve [laist.com]

Alicia Doktor 2/21/198:02 AM

Our brains grows so much in the first few years of life that any trauma we experience during that time can affect our health forever.

California's new, first-ever surgeon general, Dr. @Nadine Burke Harris, has made the link between childhood adversity and long-term health the focus of her work.

She was sworn in by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week and calls her new role a "dream job."

[For more on this story by PRISKA NEELY, go to https://laist.com/2019/02/20/california_surgeon_general_dr_nadine_burke_harris.php]

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