Living in extreme heat can make you age faster. Here's how
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Living in extreme heat can make you age faster. Here's how

India Today  

Extreme heat could make a person age after, a new study has revealed. The authors of the study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, revealed greater biological ageing among individuals living in hotter places. While exposure to extreme heat has been associated with negative health outcomes, including increased risk of death, heat's link to biological ageing has been unclear. It's really about the combination of heat and humidity, particularly for older adults, because older adults don't sweat the same way, says senior author of the study. "The effects of extreme heat might not show up right away as a diagnosable health condition, but it could be taking a silent toll at the cellular and the molecular level, which could years later develop into disability and disease," said Eun Young Choi, lead author of the study and a postdoctoral associate at the University of Southern California.

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Does intense heat make people age faster?
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Does intense heat make people age faster?

Firstpost  

A new study suggests prolonged exposure to heat accelerates biological ageing in human beings. According to a new study from the University of Southern California, extended exposure to intense heat speeds up biological ageing. To find out how much quicker people were ageing than the average, researchers used three well-known biological ageing clocks: DunedinPACE, PCGrimAge, and PcPhenoAge. These results imply …

Intense heat changes our biology, can make us age significantly faster: Study
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Intense heat changes our biology, can make us age significantly faster: Study

Hindustan Times  

Melbourne Intense heat changes our biology, can make us age significantly faster: Study Melbourne, Heat takes it out of you. The study set out to better understand what happens to human bodies at a biological level when they’re exposed to intense heat over the short, medium and longer term. Longer term exposure to intense heat increased biological age by 2.48 …

How extreme heat from climate change could make us all two years older
3 weeks, 5 days ago

How extreme heat from climate change could make us all two years older

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prolonged exposure to extreme heat could make you biologically older, a new study has said. …

Living in extreme heat speeds up ageing: Study
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Living in extreme heat speeds up ageing: Study

India Today  

Can extreme temperatures increase the ageing process? The researchers used the heat index values from the US National Weather Service Heat Index Chart, which categorises heat index values into three levels based on the potential risk of adverse health effects. The “Caution” level includes heat index values ranging from 26.6 degrees Celsius to 32 degrees Celsius, the “Extreme Caution” level …

Younger people are at higher risk as extreme heat kills them more than older generations: Study
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Younger people are at higher risk as extreme heat kills them more than older generations: Study

Hindustan Times  

Climate change impacts different age groups in different ways. A study published in Science Advances revealed that younger people particularly those under 35, would experience heat-related deaths as temperatures continue to rise. Higher younger deaths due to increasing heat There is a higher record of death from extreme heat in younger people. Andrew Wilson, lead study author said, “Most discussion …

Mexico study’s surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico study’s surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly

Associated Press  

A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by heat. “We found that younger people are especially vulnerable to humid heat,” study co-author Jeffrey Shrader, a climate economist at Columbia University, said. “As the climate warms, we’re really going to be shifting the burden of temperature-related mortality towards younger individuals …

Young people are dying of heat and their risks could grow, study finds
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Young people are dying of heat and their risks could grow, study finds

NPR  

Young people are dying of heat and their risks could grow, study finds toggle caption Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images Extreme heat puts stress on everyone's bodies. "Young people are disproportionately vulnerable to heat," says Andrew Wilson, an environmental scientist at Stanford University and an author of the new analysis. But "sometimes we forget to talk about this population in …

More than 200 million seniors face extreme heat risks in coming decades, study finds
10 months, 1 week ago

More than 200 million seniors face extreme heat risks in coming decades, study finds

NPR  

More than 200 million seniors face extreme heat risks in coming decades, study finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Fred Scheiber/AFP via Getty Images Fred Scheiber/AFP via Getty Images A person in their 40s now will be nearing 70 in the year 2050. The number of older people regularly exposed to both chronic and acute heat will grow by about …

Opinion: Here are the places that could become too hot for humans due to climate change
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Here are the places that could become too hot for humans due to climate change

LA Times  

A sign displays the temperature at dusk at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in July 2023. But extreme heat has touched every continent over the last few years: Temperatures have regularly exceeded 122 degrees across the Asian subcontinent, and London’s thermometers reached 104 for the first time last year, much earlier than climate models predicted. Breaking the wet-bulb temperature threshold …

Colder can mean older
10 years, 11 months ago

Colder can mean older

The Hindu  

Some studies show a correlation between lower body temperatures and greater longevity, though there is no proof of a cause-and-effect relationship in humans. Genetically engineered mice with extra-sensitive temperature control switches in the hypothalamus were raised with core body temperatures just a fraction of a degree cooler than those of their litter mates; caloric intake was the same. As for …

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