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189. Trauma, Stress Mechanisms, and Risk for Psychosis.

scientific article

A Mitochondrial Health Index Sensitive to Mood and Caregiving Stress

scientific article published on 3 February 2018

A Prospective Investigation of Prenatal Mood and Childbirth Perceptions in an Ethnically Diverse, Low-Income Sample

scientific article

A Randomized Pilot Study of a Phone-Based Mindfulness and Weight Loss Program

scientific article published on 6 October 2017

A longitudinal study of coping, anxiety and glycemic control in adults with type 1 diabetes

scientific article published in January 2008

A new biomarker of hedonic eating? A preliminary investigation of cortisol and nausea responses to acute opioid blockade

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A randomized, controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction in HIV infection

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Accelerated Cell Aging in Female APOE-ε4 Carriers: Implications for Hormone Therapy Use ⬇️

scientific article published on February 13, 2013

Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress

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Acceptance or Despair? Maternal Adjustment to Having a Child Diagnosed with Autism.

scientific article published on 6 January 2018

Acute responses to opioidergic blockade as a biomarker of hedonic eating among obese women enrolled in a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention trial

scientific article published on 27 April 2015

Adverse childhood experiences and leukocyte telomere maintenance in depressed and healthy adults

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Alterations in leukocyte transcription factor activities are associated with major depressive disorder and antidepressant treatment

scholarly article by Synthia H Mellon et al published 10 September 2012 in European journal of psychotraumatology

An 8-Week Relaxation Program Consisting of Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Mindfulness Meditation to Reduce Stress and Attenuate Stress-Driven Eating

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

An Energetic View of Stress: Focus on Mitochondria

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

An intricate dance: Life experience, multisystem resiliency, and rate of telomere decline throughout the lifespan

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Analyses and comparisons of telomerase activity and telomere length in human T and B cells: insights for epidemiology of telomere maintenance

scientific article published on 21 October 2009

Anger is associated with increased IL-6 stress reactivity in women, but only among those low in social support

scientific article published on December 2014

Anxiety disorders and accelerated cellular ageing

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

Are stress eaters at risk for the metabolic syndrome?

scientific article published on December 2004

Association between Kidney Function and Telomere Length: The Heart and Soul Study ⬇️

scientific article published on October 25, 2012

Association between persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals (PBDEs, OH-PBDEs, PCBs, and PFASs) and biomarkers of inflammation and cellular aging during pregnancy and postpartum

scientific article published on 10 March 2018

Association between socioeconomic markers and adult telomere length differs according to sex: Pro-Saúde study

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Association between telomere length and experimentally induced upper respiratory viral infection in healthy adults

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Association of dimensional psychological health measures with telomere length in male war veterans

scientific article published on 28 October 2015

Association of marine omega-3 fatty acid levels with telomeric aging in patients with coronary heart disease

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Associations between cellular aging markers and metabolic syndrome: findings from the CARDIA study.

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Associations between childhood adversity and daily suppression and avoidance in response to stress in adulthood: can neurobiological sensitivity help explain this relationship?

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Associations of cadmium and lead exposure with leukocyte telomere length: findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002

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Associations of childhood adversity and adulthood trauma with C-reactive protein: A cross-sectional population-based study

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Associations of ghrelin with eating behaviors, stress, metabolic factors, and telomere length among overweight and obese women: preliminary evidence of attenuated ghrelin effects in obesity?

journal article published in 2014

Associations of weight stigma with cortisol and oxidative stress independent of adiposity

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Autonomic and Adrenocortical Reactivity and Buccal Cell Telomere Length in Kindergarten Children ⬇️

scientific article published on August 26, 2011

Basal and reactivity levels of cortisol in one-month-old infants born to overweight or obese mothers from an ethnically and racially diverse, low-income community sample

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Black sheep get the blues: a psychobiological model of social rejection and depression

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Burnout and Stress Among US Surgery Residents: Psychological Distress and Resilience

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Burnout and gender in surgical training: A call to re-evaluate coping and dysfunction

article by Carter C. Lebares et al published October 2018 in The American Journal of Surgery

Can meditation slow rate of cellular aging? Cognitive stress, mindfulness, and telomeres

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Cell aging in relation to stress arousal and cardiovascular disease risk factors

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Change in Leukocyte Telomere Length Predicts Mortality in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease from the Heart and Soul Study

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Changes in stress, eating, and metabolic factors are related to changes in telomerase activity in a randomized mindfulness intervention pilot study

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Childhood Trauma Associated with Short Leukocyte Telomere Length in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ⬇️

scientific article published on April 13, 2011

Childhood adversity, social support, and telomere length among perinatal women

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Childhood socioeconomic status, telomere length, and susceptibility to upper respiratory infection

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Chronic maternal depression is associated with reduced weight gain in latino infants from birth to 2 years of age.

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Chronic psychological stress and racial disparities in body mass index change between Black and White girls aged 10-19.

scientific article published in February 2013

Chronic stress elevates telomerase activity in rats

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Chronic stress increases vulnerability to diet-related abdominal fat, oxidative stress, and metabolic risk

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Chronic stress is associated with reduced circulating hematopoietic progenitor cell number: A maternal caregiving model

scientific article published on 10 September 2016

Circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA, but not leukocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number, is elevated in major depressive disorder

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

Clues to maintaining calorie restriction? Psychosocial profiles of successful long-term restrictors

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Comfort food is comforting to those most stressed: Evidence of the chronic stress response network in high stress women ⬇️

scientific article published on September 8, 2011

Correction: Change in Leukocyte Telomere Length Predicts Mortality in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease from the Heart and Soul Study

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Correction: Examining the Effects of Mindful Eating Training on Adherence to a Carbohydrate-Restricted Diet in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (the DELISH Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Cortisol awakening response and cortisol/DHEA ratio associations with hippocampal volume in MDD

scholarly article by Owen M. Wolkowitz et al published 10 September 2012 in European journal of psychotraumatology

Cortisol patterns are associated with T cell activation in HIV

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

Cortisol/DHEA ratio and hippocampal volume: A pilot study in major depression and healthy controls

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Cumulative inflammatory load is associated with short leukocyte telomere length in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Depression and leukocyte telomere length in patients with coronary heart disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study

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Depression gets old fast: do stress and depression accelerate cell aging?

scientific article published on April 2010

Depressive symptoms and gestational length among pregnant adolescents: Cluster randomized control trial of CenteringPregnancy® plus group prenatal care

scientific article published on 13 March 2017

Depressive symptoms are not associated with leukocyte telomere length: findings from the Nova Scotia Health Survey (NSHS95), a population-based study

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Dietary restraint and telomere length in pre- and postmenopausal women

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Discrimination, mental health, and leukocyte telomere length among African American men.

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Discrimination, racial bias, and telomere length in African-American men

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Disease drivers of aging

scientific article published on December 2016

Does cellular aging relate to patterns of allostasis? An examination of basal and stress reactive HPA axis activity and telomere length

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Dynamics of telomerase activity in response to acute psychological stress

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Early exclusive breastfeeding is associated with longer telomeres in Latino preschool children

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Educational attainment and late life telomere length in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

scientific article published on 5 September 2012

Effect of comprehensive lifestyle changes on telomerase activity and telomere length in men with biopsy-proven low-risk prostate cancer: 5-year follow-up of a descriptive pilot study

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Effect of restorative yoga vs. stretching on diurnal cortisol dynamics and psychosocial outcomes in individuals with the metabolic syndrome: the PRYSMS randomized controlled trial

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Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Distress, Weight Gain, and Glucose Control for Pregnant Low-Income Women: A Quasi-Experimental Trial Using the ORBIT Model

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on mindful eating, sweets consumption, and fasting glucose levels in obese adults: data from the SHINE randomized controlled trial

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Effects of a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention in adults with obesity: A randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 09 March 2016

Effects of pre- and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population

scientific article published in December 2017

Effects of pre- and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population-CORRIGENDUM.

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Exaggerated neurobiological sensitivity to threat as a mechanism linking anxiety with increased risk for diseases of aging ⬇️

scientific article published on November 2, 2012

Examining the effects of mindful eating training on adherence to a carbohydrate restricted diet in Type 2 Diabetes: The DELISH Study Protocol (Preprint)

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Examining the effects of mindful eating training on adherence to a carbohydrate restricted diet in Type 2 Diabetes: The DELISH Study Protocol (Preprint)

scientific article published on 20 February 2019

Excessive Sugar Consumption May Be a Difficult Habit to Break: A View From the Brain and Body

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

Exercise mitigates cumulative associations between stress and BMI in girls age 10 to 19

scientific article published on 24 August 2015

Factors related to telomere length

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Financial strain and impaired fasting glucose: the moderating role of physical activity in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study

scientific article published on 27 January 2012

Flattened cortisol rhythms in metastatic breast cancer patients

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Food insecurity is inversely associated with diet quality of lower-income adults

scientific article published in August 2014

Food insecurity with past experience of restrained eating is a recipe for increased gestational weight gain

scientific article published on 10 February 2013

From ideas to efficacy: The ORBIT model for developing behavioral treatments for chronic diseases

scientific article published on 2 February 2015

From sadness to senescence: cellular effects of psychiatric syndromes

Gender differences in the prospective associations of self-reported sleep quality with biomarkers of systemic inflammation and coagulation: Findings from the Heart and Soul Study ⬇️

scientific article published on 05 June 2013

Geroscience: linking aging to chronic disease

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Global arginine bioavailability, a marker of nitric oxide synthetic capacity, is decreased in PTSD and correlated with symptom severity and markers of inflammation

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

Glucocorticoids. Mood, memory, and mechanisms

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Good stress, bad stress and oxidative stress: Insights from anticipatory cortisol reactivity ⬇️

scientific article published on March 13, 2013

Greater endogenous estrogen exposure is associated with longer telomeres in postmenopausal women at risk for cognitive decline ⬇️

scientific article published on October 18, 2010

Higher fasting glucose levels are associated with reduced circulating angiogenic cell migratory capacity among healthy individuals.

scientific article published on 3 October 2011

Higher serum DHEA concentrations before and after SSRI treatment are associated with remission of major depression

scientific article published on 5 December 2016

Household food insecurity is positively associated with depression among low-income supplemental nutrition assistance program participants and income-eligible nonparticipants

scientific article published on 31 December 2014

Human telomere biology: A contributory and interactive factor in aging, disease risks, and protection

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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation and cortisol activity in obesity: A systematic review

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Weight-Loss Intervention on Sleep Quality Among Adults with Obesity: Data from the SHINE Randomized Controlled Trial

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Improving Assessment of the Spectrum of Reward-Related Eating: The RED-13.

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Increased Cellular Aging by 3 Years of Age in Latino, Preschool Children Who Consume More Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: A Pilot Study.

scientific article published on 17 November 2017

Increased telomerase activity and comprehensive lifestyle changes: a pilot study

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Indirect effect of financial strain on daily cortisol output through daily negative to positive affect index in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

Insight meditation and telomere biology: The effects of intensive retreat and the moderating role of personality

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators

scientific article published on October 29, 2010

Is the Belief in Meritocracy Palliative for Members of Low Status Groups? Evidence for a Benefit for Self-Esteem and Physical Health via Perceived Control

scientific article published on June 2013

It's not what you think, it's how you relate to it: dispositional mindfulness moderates the relationship between psychological distress and the cortisol awakening response

scientific article published on 27 May 2014

Justice for all? Beliefs about justice for self and others and telomere length in African Americans

article by Todd Lucas et al published October 2018 in Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Leptin concentrations in response to acute stress predict subsequent intake of comfort foods

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Leukocyte Telomere Length in Relation to 17 Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study of US Adults

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Leukocyte telomere length and mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002

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Leukocyte telomere length in major depression: correlations with chronicity, inflammation and oxidative stress--preliminary findings

scientific article (publication date: 23 March 2011)

Leukocyte telomere length predicts SSRI response in major depressive disorder: A preliminary report

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

Lifespan adversity and later adulthood telomere length in the nationally representative US Health and Retirement Study

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Long-term calorie restriction in humans is not associated with indices of delayed immunologic aging: A descriptive study

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Longer leukocyte telomere length in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula: a population-based study

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

Maternal Folate Concentration in Early Pregnancy and Newborn Telomere Length

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Maternal caregivers have confluence of altered cortisol, high reward-driven eating, and worse metabolic health

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Maternal estriol concentrations in early gestation predict infant telomere length

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Maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy is associated with newborn leukocyte telomere length

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Mind wandering and stress: When you don't like the present moment

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Mindfulness Intervention for Stress Eating to Reduce Cortisol and Abdominal Fat among Overweight and Obese Women: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Study

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Mitochondrial DNA copy number is reduced in male combat veterans with PTSD.

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Mood patterns based on momentary assessment of positive and negative moods over a day and coronary artery calcification in the CARDIA study

scientific article published in June 2012

More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science.

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Multisystem resiliency moderates the major depression-telomere length association: findings from the Heart and Soul Study ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Neurobiological and neuropsychiatric effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA sulfate (DHEAS).

scientific article published on 03 December 2008

Omega-3 fatty acids, oxidative stress, and leukocyte telomere length: A randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 23 September 2012

Oxidative stress, inflammation and treatment response in major depression

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PBMC telomerase activity correlates with hippocampal volume in major depression

PBMC telomerase activity, but not leukocyte telomere length, correlates with hippocampal volume in major depression

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Pain is associated with short leukocyte telomere length in women with fibromyalgia

scientific article published in October 2012

Perceived stress and telomere length: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and methodologic considerations for advancing the field

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Peripheral antioxidant markers are associated with total hippocampal and CA3/dentate gyrus volume in MDD and healthy controls-preliminary findings

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Peripheral indices of oxidative stress are correlated with hippocampal volume in major depression and in controls

Physical activity moderates effects of stressor-induced rumination on cortisol reactivity

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Physical fitness and telomere length in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Poor Sleep Quality, Psychological Distress, and the Buffering Effect of Mindfulness Training During Pregnancy

scientific article published on 6 January 2017

Poor sleep quality potentiates stress-induced cytokine reactivity in postmenopausal women with high visceral abdominal adiposity

scientific article published on 21 September 2013

Positive affect uniquely predicts lower risk of mortality in people with diabetes.

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Posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with emotional eating

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Potential for a stress reduction intervention to promote healthy gestational weight gain: focus groups with low-income pregnant women

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Prenatal programming of newborn and infant telomere length

Psychiatric disorders and leukocyte telomere length: Underlying mechanisms linking mental illness with cellular aging

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Psychological and metabolic stress: a recipe for accelerated cellular aging?

scientific article published on January 2009

Psychosomatic medicine: the scientific foundation of the biopsychosocial model

scientific article published on September 2007

Putting the brakes on the "drive to eat": Pilot effects of naltrexone and reward-based eating on food cravings among obese women

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Race-Ethnicity, Poverty, Urban Stressors, and Telomere Length in a Detroit Community-based Sample

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Racial discrimination is associated with a measure of red blood cell oxidative stress: a potential pathway for racial health disparities

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Recruitment and Retention of Pregnant Women for a Behavioral Intervention: Lessons from the Maternal Adiposity, Metabolism, and Stress (MAMAS) Study ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Reduced reward-driven eating accounts for the impact of a mindfulness-based diet and exercise intervention on weight loss: Data from the SHINE randomized controlled trial

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Relation between leukocyte telomere length and incident coronary heart disease events (from the 1995 Canadian Nova Scotia Health Survey).

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

Relationship between leukocyte telomere length, telomerase activity, and hippocampal volume in early aging

scientific article published on July 2014

Relationship of subjective and objective social status with psychological and physiological functioning: preliminary data in healthy white women

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Seasonal variation of peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length in Costa Rica: A population-based observational study

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Serum BDNF levels before treatment predict SSRI response in depression

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Serum leptin concentrations and telomere length in MDD and in controls

Severity of anxiety- but not depression- is associated with oxidative stress in Major Depressive Disorder

scientific article published on 6 May 2017

Sex Differences in Factors Influencing Recovery from Arthroscopic Knee Surgery ⬇️

scientific article published on September 17, 2010

Sex differences in stress responses: social rejection versus achievement stress

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Sexual intimacy in couples is associated with longer telomere length

scientific article published on 25 March 2017

Short and sweet: Associations between self-reported sleep duration and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adults in the United States

scientific article published on December 2016

Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length in Relation to Presumed Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mexican-American Men in NHANES 1999-2002.

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Shorter leukocyte telomere length in midlife women with poor sleep quality

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Social hierarchy and depression: the role of emotion suppression

scientific article published on July 2012

Socio-economic differentials in peripheral biology: cumulative allostatic load

scientific article published on February 2010

Socioeconomic Status, Financial Strain, and Leukocyte Telomere Length in a Sample of African American Midlife Men.

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Socioeconomic status in relation to early menarche among black and white girls

scientific article published on 25 December 2008

Socioeconomic status, health behavior, and leukocyte telomere length in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002.

scientific article published on 21 February 2013

Socioeconomic status, race, and diurnal cortisol decline in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

scientific article published in January 2006

Soda and cell aging: associations between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and leukocyte telomere length in healthy adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

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Speaking under pressure: low linguistic complexity is linked to high physiological and emotional stress reactivity

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Stress and telomere biology: a lifespan perspective

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Stress appraisals and cellular aging: a key role for anticipatory threat in the relationship between psychological stress and telomere length

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Stress biology and aging mechanisms: toward understanding the deep connection between adaptation to stress and longevity

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Stress exposure in intrauterine life is associated with shorter telomere length in young adulthood

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Stress, Telomeres, and Psychopathology: Toward a Deeper Understanding of a Triad of Early Aging

scientific article published in March 2018

Stress, eating and the reward system

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Stress-induced eating and the relaxation response as a potential antidote: A review and hypothesis.

scientific article published on 5 August 2017

Surgical stress-induced immune cell redistribution profiles predict short-term and long-term postsurgical recovery. A prospective study

scientific article published on December 2009

Systematic and Cell Type-Specific Telomere Length Changes in Subsets of Lymphocytes

scientific article published on 10 February 2016

Telomerase, telomere length, and coronary artery calcium in black and white men in the CARDIA study ⬇️

scientific article published on November 9, 2011

Telomere Shortening in Formerly Abused and Never Abused Women ⬇️

scientific article published on March 8, 2011

Telomere length and procedural justice predict stress reactivity responses to unfair outcomes in African Americans

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Telomere length change plateaus at 4 years of age in Latino children: associations with baseline length and maternal change

scientific article published on 10 March 2016

Telomere length is inversely correlated with urinary stress hormone levels in healthy controls but not in un-medicated depressed individuals – Preliminary findings

scholarly article by Brittany Fair et al published November 2015 in Psychoneuroendocrinology

Telomere length is inversely correlated with urinary stress hormone levels in healthy controls but not in un-medicated depressed individuals-preliminary findings

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

Telomere length trajectory and its determinants in persons with coronary artery disease: longitudinal findings from the heart and soul study

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Telomeres and adversity: Too toxic to ignore

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Telomeres and lifestyle factors: Roles in cellular aging ⬇️

scientific article published on August 22, 2011

The P4 Health Spectrum - A Predictive, Preventive, Personalized and Participatory Continuum for Promoting Healthspan

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The Relationship Between Childhood Psychosocial Stressor Level and Telomere Length: A Meta-Analysis

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The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-leptin axis and metabolic health: a systems approach to resilience, robustness and control

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The impact of group prenatal care on pregnancy and postpartum weight trajectories

scientific article published on 08 July 2015

The mindful moms training: development of a mindfulness-based intervention to reduce stress and overeating during pregnancy.

scientific article published in June 2018

The power of exercise: buffering the effect of chronic stress on telomere length

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The rate of leukocyte telomere shortening predicts mortality from cardiovascular disease in elderly men

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The relative importance of predictors of body mass index change, overweight and obesity in adolescent girls ⬇️

scientific article published on January 18, 2011

The reward-based eating drive scale: a self-report index of reward-based eating

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Tired telomeres: Poor global sleep quality, perceived stress, and telomere length in immune cell subsets in obese men and women

scientific article published on 20 December 2014

Toward a mechanistic understanding of psychosocial factors in telomere degradation

scientific article published on 22 April 2016

Trait acceptance predicts fewer daily negative emotions through less stressor-related rumination

scientific article published on 13 April 2017

Weight Loss Maintenance and Cellular Aging in the Supporting Health Through Nutrition and Exercise Study

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What is eating you? Stress and the drive to eat

scientific article published on 04 December 2011

When blue turns to grey: do stress and depression accelerate cell aging?

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Why egalitarianism might be good for your health: physiological thriving during stressful intergroup encounters

scientific article published on November 2007

Telomery: revoluční objev, jak žít déle a zdravěji

book edition published in 2017

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