Items Listed In The Aging Category:Study Finds Fat Smokers Age FasterA study from London shows that women who are overweight or who smoke age faster, as measured by the length of remaining telomeres in their cells. Both smokers and obese subjects had shorter telomeres, which the study authors attributed to oxidative stress. MORE... At One Extreme of the Aging PhenomenaScientists have identified the pygmy goby as the shortest lived vertebrate animal, with a livespan of just 59 days. That creature, and another fish that was the previous record-holder for shortgevity, Nothobranchius furzeri, may shed light on why we age as we do. MORE... Theories of Aging Based On Random EventsTheories on why we age may be divided into those based on random events, external or environmental influences -- and those that are programmatic, genetically and biologically driven. Of course, reality may include a combination of these factors. This page looks at the major random-events based theories. MORE... |
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