New research suggests that difficult people, a.k.a. “hasslers,” contribute to chronic stress and elevate epigenetic biomarkers associated with aging.

In the study, published last month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that people with ...

Not all strained relationships have the same effect: spouses were not associated with faster biological aging in this study.

New research suggests that stressful social relationships may affect more than just your mood. According to a recent study, ...

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Most of us have dealt with that person before, right? Someone we’d classify as “difficult.” Someone we don’t like to spend time with, or who makes us feel stressed. We all have at least one person in ...

Part of a multi-part series on difficult people and situations. Difficult People part 1: The DP Challenge Difficult People part 2: The Eightfold Path of Dealing with Difficult People DP part 3: 21 ...

Interacting with difficult personalities is often frustrating or even enraging, but it is possible to learn how to manage interactions with these individuals more effectively. Before I address the way ...

A recent study shows that interacting with "hasslers" who "create problems or make life more difficult" can contribute to faster biological aging Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...

Dealing with difficult people may speed up the aging process. According to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences on Feb. 18, researchers found that hasslers, defined as ...

Each additional “hassler” in one’s life may add approximately nine months to biological age Researchers also claim that family members seem to have the most pronounced effects on aging, while marital ...