Chronic kidney disease is an important clinical condition beset with racial and ethnic
disparities that are associated with social inequities. Many medical schools and health …

Research efforts during the past decades have provided intriguing evidence suggesting that
stressful experiences during pregnancy exert long-term consequences on the future mental …

Parents' stressful experiences can influence an offspring's vulnerability to many pathological
conditions, including psychopathologies, and their effects may even endure for several …

The reference to stress is ubiquitous in modern society, yet it is a relatively new field of
research. The following article provides an overview of the history of stress research and its …

'A work of exhilarating scope and relevance... What a rare and powerful experience to feel a
book in your very body'Naomi Klein'Health is not something we can attain as individuals, for …

In utero exposure to environmental stress in both animals and humans could result in long-
term epigenome alterations which further lead to consequences for adaptation and …

The prevalence of obesity and associated diseases has reached pandemic levels. Obesity is
often associated with overnutrition and a sedentary lifestyle, but clearly other factors also …

Objectives The causes of the large and persistent Black-White disparity in preterm birth
(PTB) are unknown. It is biologically plausible that chronic stress across a woman's life …

Previous studies have shown a wide variety of environmental toxicants and abnormal
nutrition can promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease. More recently …

Babies born small are at an increased risk of developing myriad adult diseases. While
growth restriction increases disease risk in all individuals, often a second hit is required to …