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Stress can make your life 10 years shorter:
Genetic Research Finds
Hardship Makes the Body's
Cells Age More Quickly
[ Health
India]: Washington, Nov 30 : A new study by
researchers at the University of California
and San Fransisco has indicated that
Psychological stress can take off several
years from your life as it makes your cells
age faster.
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It was found that Telomeres and telomerase,
parts of the chromosomes responsible for
aging, are affected by psychological stress
which also takes it's toll on the molecules
believed to play a key role in cellular aging
and, possibly, disease development.
The study, which has been published in the
'Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences," suggests that chronic and the
perception of life stress, each had a
significant impact on three biological
factors, the length of telomeres, the activity
of telomerase, and levels of oxidative stress.
After studying 58
women, the researchers found that the
telomeres of women with the highest perceived
psychological stress, had undergone the
equivalent of approximately 10 years of
additional aging, compared with the women
across both groups who had the lowest
perception of being stressed. The
highest-stress group also had significantly
decreased telomerase activity and higher
oxidative stress than the lowest-stress group.
The researchers say that this is the first
evidence that chronic psychological stress and
how a person perceives stress may damp down
telomerase and have a significant impact on
the length of telomeres, suggesting that
stress may modulate the rate of cellular
aging.
It was also found that there is a link between
chronic psychological stress and indices of
impaired health, including cardiovascular
disease and weakened immune function.
Their findings suggest a cellular mechanism
for how chronic stress may cause premature
onset of disease. Anecdotal evidence and
scientific evidence also suggest that chronic
stress can take years off your life.
They say that the implications of this study
are that at the cellular level, chronic stress
appears to have the potential to shorten the
life of cells, at least immune cells. (ANI)*
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