A minority of people age like wine. Most of us won’t (although I do hope that you, the readers of my blog will count among the chosen few!). Yet despite the different aging rates, people mostly age the same. Here is the basic order in which organs fail (according to my limited clinical experience…… Continue reading Which part of the human body wears out first?
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Cortisol – the aging hormone
Bringing offspring into the world is much more stressful for salmons compared to humans, even if the two species secrete the same stress hormone, cortisol. Unlike humans, salmon fish age soon after spawning. They undergo a massive hypertrophy of the interrenal gland. Because of this, they secrete massive amounts of corticosteroids. They usually die…… Continue reading Cortisol – the aging hormone