Neighborhood Factors May Be Tied To Biological Stress For Children.

reports a new study in New Orleans found that neighborhood factors “like liquor store density, domestic violence and violent crime rates, may be tied to biological factors like stress hormone responses for children.” Researchers studied 85 black children and teenagers from 52 neighborhoods in New Orleans and found that in children who “lived near more liquor stores, domestic violence and violent crime, cortisol levels were more likely to remain high and less likely to return to normal after the stress test.” The findings were published in JAMA Pediatrics. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-kids-stress-idUSKBN1392KP