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Heart Health Is Public Health

Sharing your heart with someone special this Valentine’s Day? As American Heart Month rolls on, explore the many ways you can keep yours beating healthy and steady with research and advice from Michigan Public Health students, faculty, and alumni.

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Nutritional Epigenetics: Your Genes Are Not Your Destiny

Nicole Urdahl

How many times have you gone to the doctor and filled out the patient history forms only to feel hopeless because your family history is littered with various chronic diseases? Well I’ve got good news—there’s hope, thanks to an emerging field called epigenetics.