Healthy Living: The Universal and Timeless Medicine for Healthspan

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines medicine several ways, including: “1) a - substance or preparation used in treating disease, b - something that affects well-being; and 2) a - - the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease, b - the branch of medicine concerned with the nonsurgical treatment of dise ase.”1 Relevant to this editorial and this edition of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, salient touchstones from the definition of medicine include treating disease, affecting well-being, maintenance of health, prevention and alleviation of disease, and non-surgical.
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research