{"id":7426,"date":"2026-07-28T11:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7426"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:19:22","slug":"badgering-by-friends-family-accelerates-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/badgering-by-friends-family-accelerates-aging\/","title":{"rendered":"Badgering by friends, family, accelerates aging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-07.18.01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-07.18.01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7427\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6377122430741734;width:289px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-07.18.01.png 602w, https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-07.18.01-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-28-at-07.18.01-459x720.png 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>People who nag at you can shave years off your life, putting you at a higher risk of developing chronic disease<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A study, published in the journal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2608036123\">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/a>,<\/em> mapped the social networks of more than 2,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It questioned people about who were sources of support and stress in their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants also submitted saliva samples, so that researchers could track epigenetic markers\u2014key metrics for how quickly a body ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It reveals that people who have hasslers in their life, were an average of nine months older than their biological age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each additional hassler sped up aging by about 1.5 per cent per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the hasslers in the study were family members, but also co-workers and roommates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friends are hasslers too but people are more likely to cut ties with a toxic friend, than they are a family member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Sherriffs A study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, mapped the social networks of more than 2,000 people. 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