Generational trauma can be passed down through families by biological, environmental, psychological, and social means. You may experience epigenetic changes, which affect gene expression linked to ...

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My parents are fairly anxious people. They are always 10 minutes early to every event and are typically sitting at the airport terminal 2 hours before boarding a flight. My brother and I inherited ...

Few areas of modern biology have generated as much anxiety as epigenetics, the study of molecular changes that alter how ...

When a mom carries unresolved pain from her own childhood, it can affect the way she parents and how her children learn to ...

Newswise — We know that stress affects our mental and physical health, but groundbreaking research shows its impact goes even deeper, down to the genetic level. Dr. Connie Mulligan, a renowned ...

As war continues to rage in Gaza and Ukraine, there is concern about how the related trauma might be transmitted to future generations of people in those regions. More generally, interest in the idea ...

We’ve long known the short-term effects of trauma — headaches, changes in appetite or sleep, fear, anxiety and concentration troubles are just a few. A new study suggests that severe trauma, like that ...

Dom Byrne is a freelance radio and podcast producer based in Brighton, UK. Rana Dajani studies epigenetics of trauma in vulnerable communities around the world. A molecular biologist based at the ...

When I was a child, my elderly neighbors stepped up in ways that changed my life. He sat with me and helped me learn to read when I was behind; she offered warmth, encouragement, and stability. They ...