Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A new strain of Covid has spread across the UK with some experts warning it is resisting immunity. Unlike otherContinue Reading

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Ageing isn’t the same everywhere – why inflammation may be a lifestyle problem

The Orang Asli age differently. Azami Adiputera/Shutterstock.com For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart disease, dementia and diabetes. But a new study of Indigenous populations challenges that idea and could reshape how we think about ageing itself. For decades, scientists haveContinue Reading