Reversing the Age-Accelerating Effects of Stress

Reversing the Age-Accelerating Effects of Stress
Humans can effectively de-age after recovering from stressful events, lowering the chance of mortality. JLCo Ana Suanes/Shutterstock
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While stress from life events such as surgery, pregnancy, contracting COVID-19, and taking the vaccines can age a person biologically, the body is able to naturally reverse this and increase longevity, a new study from Harvard University has found.

While chronological age is defined by the number of years one has been alive, biological age represents how much one’s DNA has been altered by a chemical reaction called methylation.

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Jessie Zhang is a reporter based in Sydney, Australia, covering news on health and science.
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