Could the Stress of a Trump Presidency Make Americans Sick? [NBCNews.com]

Samantha Sangenito 6/9/174:00 AM

Donald Trump’s presidency could make Americans sicker — and not just from the stress of his polarizing politics, a pair of Harvard experts argued Wednesday.

His administration’s proposed cuts to health and well-being programs could also hurt the population's health, if history is anything to go by, they said.

The bad effects could last well into the next generation, because some of the most strongly documented fallout hits pregnant women, whose babies go on to suffer lifetime consequences when mothers suffer physical and psychological stress, the two experts said.

[For more of this story, written by Maggie Fox, go to http://www.nbcnews.com/health/...ericans-sick-n769441]

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