Drugs & Addiction

A Glimmer of Hope in the Ugly Face of Addiction: Epigenetics May Help Prevent Relapse

Addiction has become an epidemic that is sweeping not only the nation, but the whole world. Returning substance abusers develop…

7 years ago

Could Drinking Alcohol Epigenetically Hamper Your Ability to Process Cholesterol?

Scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Johns Hopkins Medicine worked together to analyze human and mouse epigenomes…

7 years ago

Down a Path of Epigenetic Destruction: Smoking Cigarettes Adjusts Critical Marks on DNA

You can now add “harmful changes to your DNA” to the long list of reasons to quit smoking cigarettes, along…

7 years ago

Recent Epigenetic Discovery Could Help Revitalize Immune Response to Cancer and Viruses

A recent discovery out of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital finds an epigenetic cause to why T-cells fall ineffective in…

7 years ago

Most Dangerous Lifestyle Activity Uncovered in New Epigenetic Mortality Risk Profile

Aging and mortality has been a fascinating topic of interest recently, particularly in the field of epigenetics. What are the…

7 years ago

How Understanding an Individual’s Epigenetics Can Help Measure and Treat Addiction

For a long time humans have wondered if chemicals causing drug and alcohol addiction could be active in the genes…

7 years ago

Binge Drinking as a Teen May Epigenetically Harm the Health of Future Generations

not only harms your brain and body, but may also epigenetically impact your future children, a new study reports. Excessive…

7 years ago

Smoking Cigarettes Stamps Harmful Epigenetic Fingerprint on DNA

Not only does cigarette smoke severely harm the body, it also leaves behind long-lasting damage on DNA, according to a…

7 years ago

Epigenetic Mark Might Make Some People More Prone to Drug Addiction

Why are some people more vulnerable to drug addiction than others? Why is it possible for a person to use…

8 years ago

Maternal Smoking Epigenetically Harms Child Development

Thankfully, smoking is a habit all pregnant women are advised to break. But, surprisingly, this wasn’t always the case, especially…

8 years ago