Anxiety

How Gene Expression Affects Mental Health

Did you know that one in five Americans suffers from mental illness?  When you hear the phrase “mental illness”, what comes to mind?  The American Psychiatric Association defines it like this, “Mental illnesses are health conditions involving changes in emotion, thinking or behavior (or a combination of these). Mental illnesses can be associated with distress …

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Anxiety, Stress, Worry?? Finally, some answers!!

Are you still suffering from constant anxiety, stress, and worry? It’s possible that this is due to your genetics. Being born with genetic variants in the COMT genes can lead to excess levels of stress-inducing hormones that you cannot efficiently break down. This leaves your body in a constant state of stress and anxiety. It …

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