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Dealing with annoying people might make you age faster

Deutsche Welle · · 638 words · By Carla Bleiker
Health outcomes Social relationships Biological aging

The article discusses a study linking frequent interaction with 'hasslers' to accelerated biological aging, noting associations with stress-related health risks. It highlights gender and relationship differences in reporting hasslers but emphasizes the study's observational nature rather than causation.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.dw.com/en/dealing-with-annoying-people-might-make-you-age-faster/a-7…

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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal confirms that having more hasslers is associated with accelerated biological aging.”
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Multiple web search results independently confirm the 2026 PNAS study linking hasslers to accelerated biological aging. The study's association between hasslers and faster aging is consistently reported across sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — PNAS Nexus is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by the National Academy of Sciences in partnership with Oxford University Press. PNAS Nexus was announced in 2021 as a new open-a…
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“The more annoying people you regularly interact with, the worse the cumulative effect on aging.”
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Three web search results independently report the cumulative effect of hasslers on biological aging, including the link between social strain and accelerated aging.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 25, 2026 ·Having even one “hassler” in your social network may be linked tofasterbiologicalagingand poorer mental health, highlighting how everyday social strain could shape long-term health ...
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260225/Having-e2809chass…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 9, 2026 ·People who make your life more difficult may beagingyoufaster, according to a recentstudy.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/03/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 23, 2026 ·Each hassler is linked to a 1.5%fasterpace ofbiologicalagingand roughly 9 months of extrabiologicalage. Familyhasslers, like parents, siblings, or children, leave the deepestbiological..…
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-do-you-know/2026…
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“Each hassler is associated with an average 1.5% increase in the aging process per year.”
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Evidence directly contradicts the claim's specific 1.3% figure, citing 1.5% as the reported annual increase in biological aging pace.
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web search NEUTRAL — A newstudyreportedanassociationbetween having more problematic people in close networks andincreasedbiologicalaging.Further modeling assessment also suggested “that greater exposure corresponds to lar…
https://lifespan.io/news/negative-interactions-are-associate…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fasterbiologicalagingalso "robustly predicts critical health outcomes, including chronic conditions and mortality risk," asthestudypoints out. The research shows, too, that somehasslershave a stronger…
https://www.dw.com/en/dealing-with-annoying-people-might-mak…
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web search NEUTRAL — They comparedbiologicalagingusing saliva samples from participants, enabling the researchers to measure specific epigenetic markers. This analysis showed a clear pattern. Foreach“hassler” a person int…
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/stressful-people-make…
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“Over a 10-year period, dealing with hasslers results in almost two extra months of biological aging.”
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No relevant evidence found in Wikipedia entries, which instead reference unrelated topics like the number 10 and April 10.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 10 (ten) is the even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system, the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. The num…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ten or The 10 may refer to: The Ten (film), the 2007 American film The TEN, an international athletics meeting and 10,000 m race The Ten American Painters, an American Impressionist artists' grou…
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“The study took saliva samples from 2,345 participants in Indiana and tested DNA markers of biological aging.”
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Wikipedia entries reference DNA Tower, DNA profiling, and Donald Cline, none of which relate to the study's methodology or Indiana participants.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — DNA Tower, a public sculpture by American glass artist Dale Chihuly, is in the Morris Mills Atrium of the VanNuys Medical Science Building, on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indian…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — DNA profiling (also called DNA fingerprinting and genetic fingerprinting) is the process of determining an individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) characteristics. DNA analysis intended to identify a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Lee Cline (born December 10, 1938) is a former American medical doctor of obstetrics and gynecology. Between 1974 and 1987, Cline sired over 94 children without disclosing himself as the sperm …
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“Women were more likely to report having hasslers in their social circle than men.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about gender differences in hassler reporting.
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“Participants with poor health or difficult childhoods were more likely to report hasslers.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about health issues and childhood experiences correlating with hassler reporting.
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“Hasslers are more commonly reported among colleagues or roommates.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about common hassler types being colleagues or roommates.
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“Some hasslers, like family members, show a stronger association with accelerated aging than others.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about family members showing stronger associations with accelerated aging.
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“There is no significant association between spouses labeled as hasslers and accelerated aging.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about spouses as hasslers having no significant association with aging.
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