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Pregnancy may speed up 'biological aging,' study suggestsA study conducted in the Philippines links pregnancy to changes in the chemical tags that sit atop DNA, hinting that pregnancy speeds biological aging.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
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Chemicals that make babies smell sweet and teens smell 'goat-like' revealedAroma researchers worked out which chemicals in body odor differ between infants and teens who have hit puberty.
By Kamal Nahas Published
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New immunotherapy could make blood more 'youthful,' mouse study hintsIn mice, a new type of immunotherapy appeared to partly turn back the clock of "immune aging."
By Emily Cooke Published
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Worldwide, the life-span gap between the sexes is shrinkingAn analysis of mortality data from more than 190 countries suggests the male-female life-span gap is narrowing.
By Kristen Fischer Published
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Why multitasking is challenging for kids and older adultsA professor of developmental psychology explains why our ability to multitask changes as we age.
By Peter Wilson Published
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Why do wrinkles form?Wrinkles are caused by a loss of structural components in the skin, but what drives this process?
By Anna Gora Published
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Do ears and noses get bigger with age?Ears and noses do increase in size as we get older, but it's due to how aging affects our tissues, rather than the growth of new tissue.
By Anna Gora Published
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Sped-up 'biological aging' linked to worse memoryA new study suggests that a person's epigenetic "clock" may be a better predictor of how much their memory function has declined over time than their actual age.
By Emily Cooke Published
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Scientists find 10 'markers' in blood that predict people's chances of reaching 100A recent study pinpoints measurable differences in the blood of people who survived to age 100 and those who died younger.
By Karin Modig Published
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