New Scientist

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They say that sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you. Yet childhood bullying really can damage your long-term health.

Gone are the days when bullying was considered an inevitable and ultimately harmless part of growing up – just last month we learned that childhood bullying can lead to poorer mental health even into middle age.

Now William Copeland at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and his colleagues have shown that it can have lingering physiological effects too. Read more on newscientist.com…