As our planet steadily gets warmer , our bodies will need to cope with the stresses of higher temperatures. A new study shows that continued exposure to heat waves can age the body as much as regular drinking or smoking.

Led by a team from the University of Hong Kong in China, the investigation looked at data from 24,922 Taiwanese people who had undergone medical examinations between 2008 and 2022. The researchers compared their records with the number of heat waves each person had probably experienced based on their registered addresses.

Those who had been exposed to more heat waves had higher scores for biological markers associated with biological aging , the results showed. As opposed to chronological aging, biological aging is a measure of the functionality of tissues, organs,

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