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Early puberty or childbirth doubles the risk of diabetes, obesity, and heart failure. Later timing is linked to longer ...

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More information: Yifan Xiang et al, Early menarche and childbirth accelerate aging-related outcomes and age-related diseases: Evidence for antagonistic pleiotropy in humans, eLife (2025).

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Early menarche and childbirth accelerate aging-related outcomes and age-related diseases: Evidence for antagonistic pleiotropy in humans. eLife. 2025;13:RP102447. doi: 10.7554/eLife.102447.4 This ...