Genetic study provides evidence that alcohol accelerates biological aging
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Scientists prove alcohol increases the body's speed of ageing
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University of Oxford on X: NEW: Genetic study provides new evidence that alcohol accelerates aging · Participants with higher weekly intakes of alcohol had shorter telomeres, indicative of direct DNA damage ·
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