- Anti-aging strategies can improve more than looks
Experts have advice on how to slow aging, and how this can help with appearance and self-esteem.
- Poor children grow up more susceptible to catching colds, study finds
Researchers have found an association between lower socioeconomic status during childhood and adolescence and the length of telomeres, protective cap-like protein complexes at the end of chromosomes, that ultimately affects the susceptibility to colds in middle-aged adults. Published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity, the study showed that children and teens with parents of lower socioeconomic status have shorter telomeres as adults.
