Each pregnancy is linked with an additional two to three months of biological ageing, researchers say
Pregnancy may speed up biological ageing in women, a study has found.
Scientists at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York looked at the reproductive histories and DNA samples from 1,735 people in a long-term, continuing health survey in the Philippines to investigate the influence pregnancy has on the ageing process.
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