While modernization has dramatically increased lifespan, it has also witnessed the nature of
stress has changed dramatically. Chronic stress result failures of homeostasis and thus lead …

Stress influences circulating inflammatory markers, and these effects may mediate the
influence of psychosocial factors on cardiovascular risk and other conditions such as …

This chapter focuses on evidence linking socio‐economic status (SES) to “downstream”
peripheral biology. Drawing on the concept of allostatic load, we examine evidence linking …

The 1993 expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit created the first meaningful
separation in benefits between families containing two or more children and those with only …

Behavioral scientists have increasingly included inflammatory biology as mechanisms in
their investigation of psychosocial dynamics on the pathobiology of disease. However, a …

The measurement of inflammation by biomarkers not only documents clinically relevant
infections but also offers an important tool to pin point potentially harmful effects of chronic …

Blood biomarkers provide critical information about the health of older populations,
especially in large developing countries where self-reports of health are often inaccurate …

Bullying is a common childhood experience that involves repeated mistreatment to improve
or maintain one's status. Victims display long-term social, psychological, and health …

Background Sedentary behaviour has been identified as a distinct risk factor for several
health outcomes. Nevertheless, little research has been conducted into the underlying …

Background Socioeconomic adversity in early life has been hypothesized to “program” a
vulnerable phenotype with exaggerated inflammatory responses, so increasing the risk of …