Secondhand Smoke Linked To Gene Mutations In Babies
In some cases, those epigenetic changes take affect before you’re even born. “A theory in medicine, originally known as the Barker Hypothesis, suggests that the origins of chronic disease, cancer, and mental health begin prenatally and early in the life course,” says Bernard Fuemmeler, PhD, MPH, interim co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control program at VCU Massey Cancer Center. Fuemmeler worked on a study that is the first to connect secondhand smoke during pregnancy with epigenetic changes, measured at birth....