Pregnancy May Speed Up Biological Ageing, Study Finds

A study conducted by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York suggests that pregnancy may accelerate biological aging in women. Analyzing data from a long-term health survey in the Philippines, researchers used genetic tools to estimate biological age based on DNA methylation patterns.

They found that each pregnancy reported by women was associated with an additional two to three months of biological aging, with those having more pregnancies showing a greater increase in biological aging over a six-year period. These findings, published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, suggest a potential impact of pregnancy on women's aging process. Read more from The Guardian here.