HELSI publications from August 2025

Members of the Healthy Lifespan Institute publish original research on a regular basis.

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Some of these publications may still be in press. You can find Open Access versions via our Open Access Repository.

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Heaney O; Shaw J; Francis S. Manipulation of intestinal microbiota and potential effect on experimental atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis

Yee MM; Burton C; Leaviss J; Forsyth JE; Daly G; Davis S. Economic evaluation of non-pharmacological interventions for fatigue in patients with long-term medical conditions

Gray L; Mensah JP; Breton MO; Aryeetey RNO; Boadu I; Anaba EA; Atuobi-Yeboah A; Akparibo R. Long-term trends in obesity and overweight in women in Ghana from 2003–2023. Communications Medicine

Alotaibi S; Hinchliff S; Ali P. Saudi women's experiences of sexual and relational changes during the menopause transition. Journal of Advanced Nursing

Alotaibi S; Hinchliff S; Ali P. A meta-ethnography of women’s intimate and sexual experiences across the menopause continuum. International Journal of Women's Health

Leckie G; Bell A; Merlo J; Subramanian SV; Evans C. The statistical advantages of MAIHDA for estimating intersectional inequalities. Sociological Methods & Research

Wood E; Ohlsen S; Long J; Lumley E; Senek M; Hulin J; Finn R; Ryan T; Weich S. A realist evaluation of factors affecting the retention of the mental health workforce: building a realist programme theory. BMJ Open

West R; Brown J; Shahab L; Baird H; Webb T; Squires H; Tattan-Birch H; Gillespie D; Purshouse R; Brennan A. Annotating datasets in behavioural and social sciences to promote interoperability: development of the schema for ontology-based dataset annotation (SODA) version 1.0. Wellcome Open Research

Kirk R; Panoutsos G; van de Werken M; Timmers R. The relative contributions of subjective and musical factors in music for sleep. PLOS One

Astin F; Goyder E; Cooper R; Stephenson J; Javid F. An analysis of predictors of conventional and complementary healthcare use in Yorkshire. Advances in Integrative Medicine

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