Abstract Mouse primordial germ cells (PGCs) undergo sequential epigenetic changes and genome-wide DNA demethylation to reset the epigenome for totipotency. Here, we demonstrate that erasure of CpG methylation (5mC) in PGCs occurs via conversion to...
ACEsConnection member Karen White wrote this op-ed to the Sun Journal. "In response to the Jan. 13 editorial recognizing that “something at the core is causing the U.S.” to fare so poorly in nine major health areas, I am...
Abstract Childhood adversity can have powerful effects on health over the life course. Persistent changes in cell-mediated immune function may be one pathway linking adverse childhood experiences with later disease risk. However, limited...
There have been lots of stories coming out of Minnesota. "The Minnesota Department of Health surveyed 13,520 Minnesota adults in 2011 and found that 55 percent of them reported having at least one adverse childhood experience such as divorce or...
"The Family Advocacy Center at Baystate Children’s Hospital has been awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to further their essential services and support of area children and families who have experienced psychological trauma. "The grant –...
Honorable Mayor Johnson: As the Founder and Executive Director of Smile At Your Baby!, and as an active member of the ACEsConnection .com , I respectfully urge the City of Pullman to research and implement adverse childhood experiences...
"A large percentage of the children law enforcement interacts with have a trauma history. Tips for coping with life’s stressors and being resilient can be taught by officers on scene, as well as, in daily interactions. The Substance Abuse and...
"Based on published research to date, we know that military youth and parent-child relationships are negatively affected by Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) deployments, and furthermore, these effects are most acute during...
ACEsConnection members Mark Brown and Teri Barila are featured in this article. "Students who had been waiting to be matched with a mentor enjoyed their first lunch with a new friend. As coordinator of the Friends ABC Program at Davis, Nordgren...
"There is a health crisis in this country (as well as worldwide) that adversely affects one-fifth of the US population. Consequences of this crisis manifest in a wide variety of serious disease conditions....Despite considerable attention drawn...
"With the four-year grant, Akron Children’s becomes a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), whose mission is to improve the quality, effectiveness, and availability of services for children and families who experience...
Addiction does not discriminate based on parenting. If that were the case, significant numbers of the addicts/alcoholics with whom I work would never have become addicts/alcoholics because they had (have) wonderful, caring, engaged parents. When you...
"Oakland schools have launched programs to help students manage their emotions, establish positive relationships and resolve conflicts. One of the programs, Roots of Empathy, brings infants and their mothers into school to help students recognize...
"A new body of research shows that the social and emotional skills that children gain, or don't gain, before they enter kindergarten has a profound effect on their life trajectory — academically, economically and socially.... "Columbia Public...
"The researchers then looked at how the five variables worked in concert. Surprisingly, a best friend who drank and had access to alcohol was the most important predictor. In fact, adolescents whose best friend used alcohol were twice as likely to...