To Succeed, Develop Your Talents Epigenetically
While visiting Rio de Janeiro two weeks ago, I attended a soccer game. I’m not a big soccer fan. Yet there I was up on my feet, hollering. You just can’t help yourself. Brazilians are the best soccer...
View ArticleThe Critical Window, Epigenetics, and Stress — and Maybe Mental Health too
The past few weeks have been good for stress. Two labs published studies supporting the idea that stress during sensitive periods in early development can cause epigenetic changes affecting how an...
View ArticleTrangenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: An Environmental Toxin Exposure &...
How much of an expert are you on environmental toxins and epigenetic inheritance? Practically everyone is aware of DTT. Many of us are aware of the plasticizer BPA. But how many of us are aware of...
View ArticleSituational Stress Makes Short-Term Epigenetic Changes
Or so it appears, based on research by Gunther Meinlschmidt and colleagues. When they exposed 76 people to a stressful simulated social situation, they found changes in the methylation of two genes...
View ArticleAddiction and our Epigenome
Addicts by nature We are all addicts in some sense. We each take some actions repeatedly, despite their perceived negative consequences. My favorite comedian is Jim Gaffigan. In my view, Gaffigan’s...
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