The subject of telomeres often comes up these days when people talk about staying healthy and living long. At least one high-profile alternative doctor seems to make a killing selling a very expensive product to boost telomere health.
Yet I think few of us know what telomeres are, how they might affect our cancer risk, and what – if anything -- we can do to keep ours healthy.
I asked one of our crack researchers to look into it, and this is what she found. . .
