US EditionBereavement in early life may accelerate ageing, research shows
- Research from Columbia University shows that losing close family members can accelerate biological aging, particularly if these losses occur during childhood or early adulthood.
- People who lost a parent, partner, sibling, or child exhibited signs of older biological age than those without such losses, according to the study published in JAMA Network Open.
- The study indicates that multiple losses can impact aging long before middle age and may contribute to health differences among racial and ethnic groups.
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Grief Can Truly Age People, Study Finds
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Losing a loved one may speed up aging
Losing someone close, like a family member, can make you age faster. The study found that people who lost a parent, partner, sibling, or child, showed signs of older biological age compared to those who hadn't experienced such losses.
The death of a close person, such as a relative, can make us age faster. A new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Butler College Gerontology Center (USA) found that those who lost a parent, partner, sibling or child showed signs of biological aging earlier than those who had not experienced such losses. The research is published in 'JAMA Network Open'. Biological aging is the gradual deterioration of cell fu…
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