Trauma, adversity, and biological aging: behavioral mechanisms relevant to treatment and theory

KJ Bourassa, DA Sbarra - Translational Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
Although stress and adversity are largely universal experiences, people exposed to greater
hardship are at increased risk for negative health consequences. Recent studies identify …

[HTML][HTML] Association between Lipoprotein (a) and risk of atrial fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Mendelian Randomization Studies

S Singh, DP Baars, R Desai, D Singh… - Current problems in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Aims Lipoprotein (a)(Lp [a]) is an established risk factor for
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, data on association of Lp (a) …

[BOOK][B] Health inequality: an introduction to concepts, theories and methods

M Bartley, M Kelly-Irving - 2024 - books.google.com
The persistence of stark health inequalities in today's world is painfully clear to see, not least
in the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and falling life expectancy in many parts of the world …

Association between brain structure and alcohol use behaviors in adults: a Mendelian randomization and multiomics study

LA Mavromatis, DB Rosoff, RB Cupertino… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Past studies have identified associations between brain macrostructure and
alcohol use behaviors. However, identifying directional associations between these …

Elevation of cell-associated HIV-1 transcripts in CSF CD4+ T cells, despite effective antiretroviral therapy, is linked to brain injury

K Suzuki, J Zaunders, TM Gates… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) can attain prolonged undetectable HIV-1 in plasma and
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), but brain injury remains prevalent in people living with HIV-1 …

Modifiable factors for migraine prophylaxis: A mendelian randomization analysis

H Zheng, YZ Shi, JT Liang, LL Lu… - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective: To examine the causal effect of potentially modifiable risk factors contributing to
migraine pathogenesis. Methods: We performed Mendelian randomization analyses and …

Falling down the rabbit hole? Methodological, conceptual and policy issues in current health inequalities research

M Kelly-Irving, WP Ball, C Bambra, C Delpierre… - Critical public …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Persistent health inequalities pose a challenge to researchers and policymakers. Decades
of research have illuminated mechanisms that underlie health inequalities, now we must …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning for causal inference in biological networks: perspectives of this challenge

P Lecca - Frontiers in Bioinformatics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Most machine learning-based methods predict outcomes rather than understanding
causality. Machine learning methods have been proved to be efficient in finding correlations …

Post-acute COVID-19 cognitive impairment and decline uniquely associate with kynurenine pathway activation: a longitudinal observational study

LA Cysique, D Jakabek, SG Bracken, Y Allen-Davidian… - Medrxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Cognitive impairment and function post-acute mild to moderate COVID-19 are poorly
understood. We report findings of 128 prospectively studied SARS-CoV-2 positive patients …

Natural experiments: Missed opportunities for causal inference in psychology

MP Grosz, A Ayaita, RC Arslan… - … in Methods and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Knowledge about causal effects is essential for building useful theories and designing
effective interventions. The preferred design for learning about causal effects is randomized …