Menopause

New menopause findings from Roswell Park Cancer Institute described

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 24th, 2010

A report, 'Why men age faster but reproduce longer than women: mTOR and evolutionary perspectives,' is newly published data in Aging. "Women live longer than men. Yet, it is believed that men do not age faster than women but simply are weaker at every age," scientists writing in the journal Aging report.

"In contrast, I discuss that men age faster. From evolutionary perspective, high accidental death rate in young males is compatible with fast aging. Mechanistically, hyper-activated mTOR (Target of Rapamycin) may render young males robust at the cost of accelerated aging. But if women age slower, why then is it women who have menopause' Some believe that...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2010-06-24)

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