Repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking

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Long-term study suggests that the more heatwaves people are exposed to, the more it accelerates body ageing.

Long-term exposure to extreme heat events accelerates the body’s ageing process and increases vulnerabilities to heath issues, finds a long-term study of 24,922 people in Taiwan.

Nature 645, 19-20 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02729-x

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