Posted on 12/14/2009 8:44:07 AM PST by LibWhacker
People blessed with youthful faces are more likely to live to a ripe old age than those who look more than their years, work shows.
Danish scientists say appearance alone can predict survival, after they studied 387 pairs of twins.
The researchers asked nurses, trainee teachers and peers to guess the age of the twins from mug shots.
Those rated younger-looking tended to outlive their older-looking sibling, the British Medical Journal reports.
Survival advantage
The researchers also found a plausible biological explanation for their results.
Key pieces of DNA called telomeres, which indicate the ability of cells to replicate, are also linked to how young a person looks.
A telomere of shorter length is thought to signify faster ageing and has been linked with a number of diseases.
In the study, the people who looked younger had longer telomeres.
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All of those drugs canceled each other out.
That post is useless without pictures.
...and a phone number.
What are you talking about? He catches a lot of “breaks! :P
They died 23 years ago but they refused to accept it.
Face it, they don’t look bad for undead.
Yeah, I was going to put it that way too. But still, is he just cursed, or is his body not up to the task.
It appears his body is “fragile” and that might be due to his freakish growth. That can happen when you have a Growth Hormone problem, which I think he has.
I stayed looking 10-15 years younger than my age from my late 20’s until having a horrible 4th year of a post-doctoral experience with an insane PI.
Every time I buy booze at Ralph’s grocery store I get carded! I am 49! : )
IBHIOHT
(in before horrific images of Helen Thomas)
I received an email just this morning with photos that I wish I had time to upload and post. But I don’t have the time. They would fit perfectly with this.
Just think, if Keith Richards took better care of himself, he'd have lived to be 500.
I get carded every time I ask for senior discount!
Hubby said no.
;-)
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