Having more children may slow aging process

Friday, January 8, 2016 - 08:50 in Health & Medicine

A study by Simon Fraser University researchers suggests that the number of children born to a woman influences the rate at which her body ages. The study led by health sciences professor Pablo Nepomnaschy and postdoctoral researcher Cindy Barha found that women who give birth to more surviving children exhibited longer telomeres. Telomeres are the […]

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