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221 Heat Can Age You As Much As Smoking, a New Study Finds

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msmash @ Slashdot · today 10:40 EDT

Heat Can Age You As Much As Smoking, a New Study Finds

Prolonged exposure to extreme heat accelerates biological aging in older adults, increasing the risk of age-related illnesses, according to research published in Science Advances.

In a nationally representative study of 3,686 U.S. adults over age 56, scientists found that long-term exposure to high heat days was associated with accelerated epigenetic aging - molecular changes that affect how genes function without altering DNA itself.

Researchers from the University of Southern California discovered tha

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