Epigenetics

Interspecific Hybridization and Introgression in Animal Evolution

James A. Shapiro | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Victorian Ideas, Hybridization, Epigenetics, Natural Genetic Engineering, Ernst Mayr, Jerry Coyne, Evolution, Interspecific Exchange, Introgression, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Science News
James A. Shapiro

While most population biology is highly theoretical and conjectural, the Grants have been following what has actually been going on in the wild. Theirs is an exciting scientific and human story, including raising and educating their daughters in a tent while making field observations.

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More Evidence That Chemicals Are Changing Who We (And Our Children And Grandchildren) Are

David Crews | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Epigenetics, Exposure to Chemicals, Fungicides, Bpas, Chemical Exposure, Chemical Exposure Mental Health, Chemical Exposure Behavior, Science News
David Crews

We haven't proved that chemical exposure is at the root of increases in mental health disorders. What we do know with increasing confidence, however, is that chemical exposure is changing our brains, and that those changes are being passed on to our descendants.

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Variation and Selection: What's the Difference? What Are the Issues?

James A. Shapiro | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Variation, Origin of Species, Epigenetics, Natural Genetic Engineering, Genetic Change, Natural Selection, Evolution, Darwin, Descent With Modification, Science News
James A. Shapiro

How could natural selection operate so that "the good ones spread in the population" if there were no positive variants in the first place? That is why I am confounded by Jerry Coyne's comment that he can explain natural genetic engineering by "garden variety natural selection."

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Lynne Peeples

Could You Blame Your Ancestors For Your Fertility Problems?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Pcos, Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Epigenetics, Women's Health, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, Dioxin, Phthalates, Green News

The environment in which your great-great-grandmother lived, breathed, ate and drank might be responsible for health problems endured by you, your chi...

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10 Unexpected Side Benefits Of Working Out

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Exercise Sleep, Epigenetics, Exercise Focus, Exercise Epigenetics, Exercise Health, Slidepollajax, Fitness and Exercise, Exercise Skin, Exercise Brain, Obesity, Sleep, Healthy Living News

We all know that regular exercise can boost cardiovascular health and help you to maintain a healthy weight. But even for the most health-conscious am...

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Just A Few Minutes Of Exercise Can Change Your DNA

Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Fitness and Exercise, Epigenetics and Exercise, Exercise and Metabolism, Epigenetics, Exercise Changes Dna, Video, Exercise Dna, Exercise Alters Dna, Exercise Can Change Your Dna, Healthy Living News

It turns out that you aren't just what you eat -- you're also "what you do," according to Juleen Zierath, professor of clinical integrative physiology...

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Are You Making Your Kids Sick?

The Huffington Post | Lisa Belkin | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Kids Stress, Stress, David Code, Kids Pick Up on Everything, Epigenetics, Parental Stress, Parents Stress, Adhd, Autism, Parents News

David Code would like us to all calm down. NOW. It is urgent he says, even while understanding that urgency itself is a cause of stress, because it's ...

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Eating Well Now Can Help Your Great-Grandchildren Live Longer

Scientific American | Sarah Fecht | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Dna, Longevity, Epigenetics, Stanford Center on Longevity, Health, New Research, Health Post50, Science, Stanford University, Lifespan, Future Generations, Fifty News

Experiments with worms show that altering an enzyme can not only lengthen their life spans, but that the longevity effect can be carried across severa...

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Evolution: Is God Just Playing Dice?

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Saber-Tooth Tigers, Change, Melvin Konner, Epigenetics, Simon Conway Morris, Evolutionary Convergence, Evolution, God, Stephen Jay Gould, Religion and Science, Religion News
Matt J. Rossano

The more we understand evolution, the less it seems like either the bogeyman creationists fear or the universal God-dissolving acid some atheists crave.

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Is Our Health Determined By Our Genes?

Dr. Frank Lipman | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Aging Gracefully, Aging, Epigenetics, Epigenetics Cancer, Bad Genes, Healthy Living Body, Overcoming Genetics, Genetics, Epigenetics Research, Overcoming Genes, Graceful Aging, Healthy Living News
Dr. Frank Lipman

Are bad genes really destiny or are they flexible, modifiable, even changeable? The answers -- and the roadmap to a longer, healthier life -- may lie in the ground-breaking new field of "epigenetics."

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8 Surprising Facts To Put The Nature Vs. Nurture Debate To Rest

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dna, Matt Ridley, Eric Turkheimer, Nature vs Nurture, Epigenetics, Biology, Nature Versus Nurture, Science, Judith Rich Harris, Parenting, Twin Studies, Genes, Twins, Jr., Thomas J. Bouchard, Heritability, Parents, University of Minnsota, Healthy Living News
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

I teamed up with the well-known developmental psychologist David S. Moore to list eight facts about genes, twin studies and the heritability statistic that may come as a surprise to many people, even biologists!

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Is There a Genie in the Genome?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Francis Collins, Lifestyle, Nature vs Nurture, Epigenetics, Katz, Healthy, Diet, Genomics, Human Genome, Health, Disease, Nutrition, Exercise, Dr. David Katz, Genetics, Tobacco, News, Conditions, Home News
David Katz, M.D.

My own hope for genomic advances lingers. But at its best, that hope was and is a small flicker in comparison to the luminous promise of lifestyle.

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DNA: The Road Of Discovery

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Intuition, Science, Genetics, Epigenetics, Reason, Discovery, Evolution, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

We see only as far as our mind is willing to look. Fear keeps us on the safe ground of reason - sturdy, predictable, secure. But sometimes we are pushed to its edge by Nature herself.

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Flicking The Switch: The Phenomenal Circuit Board Of The Epigenetic Frontier

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dna, Dr. Oz, Pregnancy, Mike Roizen, You, Epigenetics, Mehmet, Health, Healthy Living News
Mehmet Oz, M.D.

There are many myths that surround procreation. Perhaps the biggest one is that a baby will inherit its genetic blend from its parents and whatever winds up in this software code of life is to be endured for better or worse.

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Top 10 Medical Events Of The Decade

Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Angioplasty, Limb Regeneration, Mammography, Epigenetics, Synthetic Genomics, Childhood Obesity, Stents, Globalization, Slidehuge, Dr. Judah Folkman, Obesity, Wellness, Integrative Medicine, Angiogenesis, Medical News, Dna, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Health, Dr. Dean Ornish, Genetics, Diabetes, Telomeres, Telomerase, Craig Venter, Healthy Living News
Dr. Dean Ornish

In writing about the top 10 medical events of the decade, I first began writing about the latest high-tech breakthroughs in genomics, stem cell research, angiogenesis, and so on.

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Our Sad Story: The Farce of Sexuality in America

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion, Epigenetics, Development, Sexuality, Gender, Healthy Living News
Dan Agin

We desperately need more reality in our lives. One reality is that religionists are no more infallible than the rest of us -- with a prime example confused ideas about human sexuality.

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More Than Genes III: Pregnancy, Toxic Environments, and Fetal Vulnerability

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Pregnancy, Epigenetics, Gene Expression, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Industrial Pollution, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Healthy Living News
Dan Agin

It's natural for pregnant women to feel besieged by the idea of environmental toxic impacts on the developing fetus. The reality is that we're all besieged by this idea. But is it better to be ignorant of the dangers?

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A New Review: How Your Early Environment Shaped You

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Environment, Stress, Genes, Epigenetics, Development, Healthy Living News
Dan Agin

An emerging theory posits that environmental stresses -- like childhood abuse, neglect, and poverty -- are associated with mental and physical illness from anxiety to cardiovascular diseases in later life.

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How to Green Your Genes

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Plastics, Pesticides, Epigenetics, Organic Food, Dna, Parabens, Health, Duke University, Genetics, Future, Green Living, Cleaning, Organic, Family, 100 Days, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Studies suggest that what we eat, how we live, and what our environment exposes us to today could have an impact on the health of our distant descendants.

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Healthy Lifestyle's Impact on Your Genes

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: How to Prevent Prostate Cancer, Lifestyle, Epigenetics, Prostate Cancer, Health, Nutrition, Dr. Dean Ornish, Genetics, Diet, Gene Expression, Healthy Living News
Alison Rose Levy

When a Western doctor sticks a tongue depressor down your throat and tells you to say; "Ahhh," he's using one of the five senses to observe throat red...

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