India, April 16 -- Feeling mentally and physically exhausted after spending time with people you categorise as toxic is a common experience. However, the same experience is also likely hurting one's longevity by making them biologically age faster, claimed Dr Thomas Paloschi, a longevity medical doctor specialising in preventive age management and functional medicine.

Taking to Instagram on April 15, Dr Paloschi shared the details of a study published in the February 2026 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) journal, titled, 'Negative social ties as emerging risk factors for accelerated ageing, inflammation, and multimorbidity.'

The study analysed 2,345 people using DNA me...