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Routine blood tests show 16 markers tied to PTSD across multiple organ systems

Ellsworth Toohey
May 12, 2026
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A new study from Mass General Brigham, the Broad Trauma Initiative, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found 16 blood biomarkers consistently linked to PTSD — all already on standard clinical lab panels: cholesterol, glucose, liver enzymes, albumin, bilirubin, white and red cell counts, the kind of routine results…

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