Medicine
fromBig Think
1 day agoThe biggest myth about aging, according to science
Biological aging rate can be measured and influences disease risk and life expectancy, and individuals can substantially modify their aging through behavior.
Dog owners often treat their pets like miniature humans and now scientists are studying canines in the same way to discover more about the mystery of ageing in people. They suspect a clue to the varying rates at which both dogs and humans age may lie in the kidneys and the gut. In 2020, researchers for the Dog Aging Project in the United States began enrolling dogs in a long-term study of ageing, ending up with about 50,000 canines volunteered by their owners.