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 ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google We’ve long known the short-term effects of trauma — headaches, changes in appetite or sleep, fear, anxiety and ...

Trauma is an experience so harrowing that it can alter our gene expression — and in some cases, these changes can be passed down to future generations. But if the traumas experienced by our parents, ...

There are markers that sit on top of DNA and change over the course of one's lifetime, and they can even be passed down to future generations. These "epigenetic" markers alter how genes are expressed ...

Do we inherit the effects of trauma physically from past generations? Do parents' experiences of war, ethnic persecution, cultural oppression, state or domestic abuse have lasting effects, manifested ...

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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 ...

Generational wounds may live in our genes. New research suggests that childhood trauma leads to a difference in the epigenetics of a sperm cell, which can impact a child's development and also be ...

Adverse childhood experiences and traumatic events experienced or witnessed at any point during one's lifetime can sometimes prompt the emergence of some mental health disorders, such as ...

Intergenerational trauma refers to the apparent transmission of trauma between generations of a family. People who experienced adverse childhood experiences growing up, or who survived historical ...

Generational financial trauma has a profound impact on your relationship with money and often starts before you are born. This article explores the first of the 6 hidden sources of financial trauma.

‘I’ve always instinctively felt that our experiences shape us — maybe even the ones that are inherited from our families. Back in 2015, I started my PhD on long-sentence male prisoners. It was ...