Content by William Kraus, MD
Dr. William Kraus is a cardiologist and researcher in the genetics of cardiovascular disease at the Duke University Medical Center. Cardiovascular health, like the music from a piano, results from the interaction of instrument of the body and its mastery through the practice of exercise. These interactions between the outside world and our bodies and our genes – called “epigenetic effects” – are only now beginning to be understood.
How Our Choices Change Our DNA
With new discoveries in epigenetics — how our environment affects our DNA — how much control do we have over our own choices?