https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/du-sad041921.php
News Release 21-Apr-2021
Lifelong burden of higher stress hormones shortens life expectancy
Duke University
Female baboons may not have bills to pay or deadlines to meet, but their lives are extremely challenging. They face food and water scarcity and must be constantly attuned to predators, illnesses and parasites, all while raising infants and maintaining their social status.
A new study appearing April 21 in Science Advances shows that female baboons with high life-long levels of glucocorticoids, the hormones involved in the 'fight or flight' response, have a greater risk of dying than those with lower levels.
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