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| COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerated Brain Aging Even I People Who Didn't Get Virus: Study |
| 2025-07-26 |
| [ZERO] Brain aging appears to have accelerated by several months during the COVID-19 pandemic, even in people who did not get sick from the virus, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications on July 22, found that in 2021 and 2022, brain scans from a large UK database showed signs of aging, including brain shrinkage, even in individuals who were never infected. Although people who had a COVID-19 infection showed some declines in overall cognitive performance, the authors said that structural brain changes were seen across a larger population. They highlighted pandemic-related stressors, such as anxiety, social isolation, and economic and health insecurity, as possible reasons for the increase in brain aging. The research suggested that the pandemic may have also prematurely aged some individuals’ brains by an average of 5.5 months, even among those who never contracted the virus. The impacts of the pandemic on the brain were most pronounced in men and people from "deprived socio-demographic backgrounds," the study said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 ....stressors, such as anxiety, social isolation, and economic and health insecurity, as possible reasons for the increase in brain aging.... So pretty much like being married and stressful job? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-07-26 18:10 |
| #2 A person who got the vax but did not get the virus would be an interesting cohort to examine. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-07-26 14:55 |
| #1 Sustained stress ages people. The tsunami of fear, hysteria, and panic that was Covid applied across the board. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-07-26 10:19 |