By Erika Hayasaki — 2018
Studying twins has long offered insight into the interplay of nature and nurture. Epigenetics is the next frontier.
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With each diagnosis, knowing her life hung in the balance, she was “stunned, then anguished” and astonished by “how much energy it takes to get from the bad news to actually starting on the return path to health.”
Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.
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Last week was the one-year anniversary of the beginning of my husband’s health crisis. As I gaze at the permanent handicap placard and at him sleeping, once again, on the couch, I’ve been reflecting on what I’ve learned this past year.
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If you have a chronic illness, you may know what it feels like to be a “full-time patient.