(Ananya Mandal MD/ Medical Life Sciences News)— A new study reveals that domestic abuse can raise the risk of deaths by 44 percent compared to the general population.
A team of researchers from the University of Warwick and Birmingham has confirmed what has been suspected, and they found that domestic abuse survivors are more at risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The study was published in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association.
This new study reveals that one-quarter of women in Britain and one-third of all women around the world are victims of domestic abuse. Domestic abuse includes not only physical or sexual violence but also other forms of abuse, such as emotional, financial, and psychological abuse. They looked at medical records from UK GP surgeries between 1995 and 2017 and found that the mental and physical health of these women are at risk, and the law enforcement, as well as the NHS, needs to work closely help these women. (…)