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Researchers find descendants of Civil War POWs have shorter life spans

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UCLA researchers found the life spans of descendants of Civil War prisoners of war are shorter than those of people not descended from POWs, suggesting trauma might affect the long-term health of future generations.

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Researchers find descendants of Civil War POWs have shorter life spans

By Qiaozhen Wu

Nov. 15, 2018 1:20 a.m.