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Heat can age you as much as smoking, a new study finds (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 week ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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A new study in Science Advances finds that prolonged heat exposure accelerates aging at the molecular level, similar to smoking and drinking.

Researchers analyzed DNA from 3,600 older adults and found those in hotter areas, like Phoenix, aged 14 months faster than those in cooler places.

Heat-induced "epigenetic aging" increases risks for diseases like dementia and heart problems. Climate change is worsening heat exposure, especially for older adults, further straining health systems.

Scientists aim to study how indoor heat affects health and explore ways to mitigate long-term damage.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Places like Phoenix scare me, if the powergrid fails there even for a handful of days during a bad heatwave 10,000+ people could die.

Places like this are NOT prepared, please move if you can you aren't safe even if everyone around you is acting like things are safe.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There is a reason why these places were sparsely populated prior to indsutrit revolution...

Between heat and lack of water, I don't see how these places are viable long term.

Midwest is the long term bet imho

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago

The Midwest will have increasingly bad tornado outbreaks driven by climate change.

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