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Jul 10 2025HEALTH

How Movement Might Slow Down Aging at a Cellular Level

People have long known that exercise keeps the body healthy. But recent studies are digging deeper. They are looking at how exercise affects aging at a cellular level, specifically through changes in DNA. Epigenetic aging is a hot topic in science. It refers to changes in how genes are turned on and off, not the DNA sequence itself. These changes can be influenced b...

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May 03 2025HEALTH

The Secrets of Long Life in Chinese Elders

The quest to understand why some people live exceptionally long lives has always fascinated scientists. The body's metabolic processes are key to how long and how well someone lives. The metabolic processes in the body are crucial to how long and how well someone lives. Studies have looked at the metabolic profiles of long-lived people from different parts of the ...

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Oct 07 2024HEALTH

Is Our Life Expectancy Hitting a Wall?

Scientists have discovered that the rapid increase in life expectancy we've seen since the 20th century is slowing down. They studied data from countries like Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. from 1990 to 2019. The results show that while life expectancy is still rising, the rate has significantly decreased, especially after 2010. For instance, only about 12.8% of wo...

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