Extreme Heat May Make You Age Faster, Says Study
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Extreme Heat May Make You Age Faster, Says Study
A new study published on 26 August in Nature Climate Change has found that repeated exposure to heat waves accelerates ageing and increases vulnerability to health problems. Researchers followed nearly 25,000 people in Taiwan over 15 years, from 2008 to 2022, when the region experienced 30 heat waves. They defined these events as periods of elevated temperatures lasting several days. To measure biological ageing, the team used medical tests asse…
Extreme heats do not just test our body on a daily basis, they could also influence the speed at which our cells age. Researchers are interested in...
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