How popular is Shula? Shula is a rare first name for females but a somewhat popular surname for all people (#88825 out of 150436, Top 59%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
How chronic stress is harming our DNA. Elissa Epel is studying how personality, stress processes and environment affect our DNA â and how we might lessen damaging effects. Money problems, a heavy work load, caregiving â such increasingly common pressures have helped make stress a part of modern American life.
Of all the DNA we carry around, about 1% of it is human. The other DNA belongs to the 100,000 billion microbes that hang out in our gut, among other places. Many are bacteria that take advantage of the protection and food we offer them while making vitamins or metabolites we might find handy.