Health. Repeated Heat Waves Accelerate Aging as Much as Tobacco or Alcohol
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"The heat waves make people grow old as smoke and alcohol," then it is explained that according to an epidemiologist in Hong Kong the heat accelerates aging and potentially worsens health, this to a degree comparable to smoking or regular consumption of alcohol.
A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has just highlighted an unknown effect of extreme heat waves: they accelerate our biological ageing. Even more worrying, this acceleration would be comparable to that caused by regular consumption of tobacco or alcohol.


A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has just highlighted an unknown effect of extreme heat waves: they accelerate our biological ageing. Even more worrying, this acceleration would be comparable to that caused by regular consumption of tobacco or alcohol.
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