Mental stress can cause physical reactions in the body – for example, a nervous stomach. Currently, researchers at Missouri State University’s Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences (CBLS) within Jordan Valley Innovation Center are taking a close look at how the central nervous system and digestive system communicate.
A perfect storm: it can erupt at any time if a variety of factors interact just right. Dr. Paul Durham’s research was recently honored in a Maroon Minute.
Humans have 20,000 genes in every cell within the body, yet we only express about 6,00 of them. So where are the rest of them? Do you have any control over them? And what does it matter?
On average, each person is walking around with 10 gene mutations that predisposes them to certain diseases. You can thank your family tree for those.
The perfect storm: it can erupt at any time if a variety of factors interact just right. Maybe it all starts out with a stressful day at work. Although you’re relieved to go home and get it off your mind, you can’t, leaving you with a fitful night of sleep. When you wake, you have a kink in your neck. The morning rolls on, and you juggle your schedule as well as the needs of your household. You step onto an elevator – part of your normal routine – and you take a whiff of a strong perfume. Your sinuses are stimulated, and you undergo a migraine attack.