If your mother was pregnant during the Great Depression, years might have been taken off your life by the economy, study says

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Can economic stress that mothers experience while pregnant affect how quickly their children age—and perhaps how early they die?

Quite possibly, a new study out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and American University in Washington, D.C., released Tuesday, suggests.