Medical research
Can childhood traumas make you old before your time?
(HealthDay)—Childhood trauma might promote faster cellular aging in people, a new study suggests.
Oct 4, 2016
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Medical research
Endurance exercises might play role in regulating telomere transcription
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with members from several institutions in Belgium has found that endurance exercise may play a role in the regulation of telomere transcription. In their paper published in the journal ...
Pediatrics
Early exclusive breastfeeding associated with longer telomeres in Latino preschoolers
Infants who are exclusively breastfed early in life are more likely by age 4 or 5 to have longer telomeres, the protective bits of DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes in cells. In older adults, shorter telomeres are associated ...
Jul 21, 2016
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Surgery
Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse premature aging
Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse the premature aging associated with obesity, according to research presented today at Frontiers in CardioVascular Biology (FCVB) 2016.1 Patients had longer telomeres and ...
Jul 8, 2016
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Researchers find link between impatience and faster aging
A team of researchers with members from the U.S. and Singapore has found that young women who scored as more impatient on a common psychology test, tended to have shorter telomere length than their more patient peers. In ...
Medical research
Early study links mothers' education level to telomere length in newborns
A small study of new mothers suggests that not having graduated from high school – possibly an indicator of socioeconomic stress—may impact the likelihood of babies being born with shortened telomeres, molecules that ...
Dec 7, 2015
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Neuroscience
Children with ADHD and their mothers may live less than average population
Psychiatric disorders like Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) impact family's emotions and social life. It is well known. What is new is that this condition also affects the DNA of patients and their parents. Brazilian ...
Sep 28, 2015
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Medical research
Scientists to unlock the secrets of the biological clock
Scientists in Leicester are tackling two of the most critical questions to ageing – why do some people stay healthy in older age while others succumb to chronic disease, and what can we do about it?
Jul 21, 2015
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Medical research
Latent virus and life expectancy
The telomeres are repetitive DNA sequences at each end of our chromosomes. Studies show that in every cell division, the telomere is shortened. As a result, the telomere limits the cell to a fixed number of divisions and ...
Jul 2, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Early behavior problems may be linked to 'aging' biomarkers in preschoolers
Preschoolers with oppositional defiant behavior are more likely to have shorter telomeres, a hallmark of cellular aging, which in adults is associated with increased risk for chronic diseases and conditions like diabetes, ...
Jun 16, 2015
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