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11/25/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Generational lifestyles: New research shows parents’ lifestyles determine children’s health – even as adults

It looks like our parents influence more than the color of our eyes or other features. According to a study, our parents’ lifestyles can affect our health as adults. While we can’t control if our parents smoke or eat healthily, these factors can significantly affect “our own lifestyles and health, even into adulthood.” Sandy Tubeuf, […]

11/13/2017 / By Russel Davis

Lifestyle choices affect multiple generations: Studies show that environmental memories are stored at a cellular level

A recent animal study published in the Science journal has revealed that genetic changes caused by environmental factors may be passed down from one generation to another. According to a team of researchers at the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) in Spain, the genetic changes may even be inherited by up to 14 generations thereafter. The experts have examined […]

11/06/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Toxic for generations: Kids born to chemo survivors are increasingly infertile, having 72% fewer children

What are the generational health effects caused by chemotherapy? Precisely, which genes are turned on and off when a cancer patient is inundated with these toxic chemical agents? Do the chemotherapy-inflicted epigenetic changes pass on to the offspring of the patient and how do these changes impact fertility for future generations? Chemotherapy has lasting health effects […]

10/24/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

You can “turn off” aggressive breast cancer genes and make tumors treatable by eating Brussel sprouts and drinking green tea, according to new study

A new study finds that eating brussel sprouts and drinking green tea can “turn off” aggressive breast cancer genes and make tumors treatable, as reported by The Daily Mail. The researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) conducted an experiment on laboratory rats with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer. Trygve Tollefsbol and his […]

10/17/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Dads’ diets before conception found to impact child health, study finds dads need to eat better before expecting too

A new study that was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B has found that what a soon-to-be father eats is indicative of the health and well-being of his yet-to-be-born offspring. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio looked into the diet of male fruit files and noticed that it can have an impact […]

08/10/2017 / By Russel Davis

Air pollution confirmed to have multi-generational damaging effect on future offspring

An animal study published online on The FASEB Journal revealed that in utero exposure to air pollutants such as diesel exhaust may alter DNA and gene expressions, which in turn may raise the risk of developing heart failure in adulthood. To carry out the study, a team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Center […]

08/07/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Science bombshell as new research confirms non-genetic inheritance factors are carried through multiple generations

A groundbreaking study has demonstrated that people inherit more than just genes from their parents, shattering long-held beliefs by some that we are simply the sum of our genes. It was already known that epigenetic mechanisms that are modulated by environmental cues like disease, lifestyle and diet can switch genes on and off, but there […]

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