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Summary: (Producer) New clues reveal that a second "epigenetic" chemical code sits on top of our regular DNA and controls how our genes are expressed, turning them on and off with consequences for our health. While we inherit the epigenome much as we do DNA, it appears to respond far more to our environment and lifestyles. So our stress levels and what we eat, drink, and breathe may leave an enduring...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GHO

Summary: Could the trauma of a terrorist attack change the genetic characteristics of one's descendants? This program examines the emerging science of epigenetics, which studies biological heredity unrelated to DNA sequencing. With commentary from leading scientists in the field-including geneticist Marcus Pembrey, among the first to observe that dietary stress can produce health problems two...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Church, Dawson

Contents: Epigenetic healing -- You : the ultimate epigenetic engineer -- The malleable genome -- The body piezoelectric -- The connective semiconducting crystal -- Belief therapy -- Entangled strings -- Scanning the future -- Writing "miracles!" on every prescription pad -- Energy psychology -- Your happy genes -- Soul medicine as conventional medicine -- Tapping a world of healing -- Medicine for the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Energy Psychology Press 2014

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind Church

Aiken, Chris

Summary: "Approaching depression as a complex disorder with many different facets rather than all-or-nothing,"--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 AIK

Nabhan, Gary Paul.

Contents: Introduction -- Discerning the histories encoded in our bodies -- Searching for the ancestral diet -- Did mitochondrial Eve and Java Man feast on the same foods? -- Finding a bean for your genes and a buffer against malaria -- . The shaping and shipping away of Mediterranean cuisines -- Discovering why some don't like it hot -- Is it a matter of taste? -- Dealing with migration headaches --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press/Shearwater Books 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 NAB

Heine, Steven J.

Summary: "Do you fear what might be lurking in your DNA? Well, now you can find out, and you most likely will. Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025, and as the price drops it may even become a standard medical procedure. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that the first thing we'll do upon receiving our DNA test results is to misinterpret them...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W . Norton & Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572 HEI

Tara, Sylvia

Summary: Blends historical perspectives with cutting-edge research to examine body fat as a critical endocrine organ that can be better understood and managed when recognized as a necessary component of human health.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nu Tara

Arney, Kat

Summary: The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted from billions of pounds to a few hundred, and gene-based advances in medicine hold huge promise.So we've all heard of genes, but...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 ARN

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