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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.
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Nature 645, 19-20 (2025)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02729-x
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