Presidents And Prime Ministers Tend To Age Faster, Die Prematurely, Harvard Medical School Study

Elected national leaders often go gray quickly -- just look at President Obama’s silver-tipped crown. Now, a new study says they tend to die prematurely, too.

“The stress of governing may substantially accelerate mortality for our elected leaders,” study senior author Dr. Anupam Jena, an associate professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, said in a Harvard news release.

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