Higher studies prevent premature aging
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- 07 / 29 / 2011
2011.07.28 - 09:59:21 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Higher studies prevent premature aging.Havana, Cuba. - People with less academic qualification age faster, according to a genetic study published in the magazine “Brain, Behavior and Immunity.”
The explanation lies in the telomeres that cover the tip of chromosomes in the DNA. They are shorter in people with lower education, a positive sign of premature aging.
After discarding factors like age, gender, cholesterol or tobacco in men and women from 53 to 76 years of age, UK experts ascertained that lower levels of education were bound to shorter telomeres.
The researchers assure that aging is not a consequence of economic circumstances in mature life, or of the social status. It rather depends on factors linked to the first decades of our life with long term effects, like education.
They also suggest that it is possible that people with higher education are in a better position to solve problems and to deal with stress. Translated by: Pedro A. Fanego Sea. (Information Department)
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