Meditation associated with longer telomeres
Shorter telomeres have been linked to chronic stress. A recent study by Elizabeth Hoge and her colleagues at Harvard looked to determine if specific lifestyle behaviors, such as meditation, might mitigate the effects of stress and show longer telomere lengths.
Mechanism linking cumulative childhood stress to telomere erosion
There is increasing interest in discovering mechanisms that mediate the effects of childhood stress on late-life disease morbidity and mortality.
Chronic pain & phobic anxiety linked with shorter telomeres
New studies find that chronic pain and phobic anxiety are linked with shorter telomeres, which suggests that sufferers of these ailments may be aging prematurely and points to ways to reverse that process.
Telomere Length Can Predict Longevity In The Wild
New research from the University of East Anglia in the UK has found a correlation among biological age, longevity and an individual’s DNA by studying a wild population of Seychelles Warblers on a small island.
Shortened telomeres & depression significantly reduced bladder cancer patients’ survival
Recent data presented at the11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research revealed shortened telomeres and depression significantly reduced bladder cancer patients’ survival.
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