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Research Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Healthy Living Medicine: Unlocking the Potential
Non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), obesity, cancer, pulmonary disease, and diabetes is a very high global health concern. The health costs of risk factors for CVD, such as hypertension (HTN), is mounting and are unrelenting. As an example, it is estimated that direct and indirect costs due to HTN amounted to $46.4 billion in 2011 and projections of six-fold increases by 2030, the importance of low-cost nonpharmacological interventions involving collaborative teams of health care professionals is at a critical junction. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 25, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Shane A. Phillips, Sharon Martino, Ross Arena Source Type: research

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, a...
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 22, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ross Arena, Amy McNeil, Michael Sagner, Carl J. Lavie Source Type: research

Government ’s Role in Promoting Healthy Living
Worldwide, poor lifestyle behaviors, including obesity, physical inactivity, and low diet quality, are creating an unstainable burden of chronic disease with disparities across geography, race, income, education, and sex. Government plays an important role in addressing lifestyle behaviors and population health, reducing health disparities and chronic disease. Areas for government involvement include surveillance, research, programming, access to health care, quality assurance and guidelines for diet and physical activity (PA). (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Laurie P. Whitsel Source Type: research

Government's Role in Promoting Healthy Lifestyle
Worldwide, poor lifestyle behaviors, including obesity, physical inactivity, and low diet quality, are creating an unstainable burden of chronic disease with disparities across geography, race, income, education, and sex. Government plays an important role in addressing lifestyle behaviors and population health, reducing health disparities and chronic disease. Areas for government involvement include surveillance, research, programming, access to health care, quality assurance and guidelines for diet and physical activity(PA). (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Laurie Whitsel Source Type: research

Epidemiology of Physical Activity and Exercise Training in the United States
The purpose of this review was to provide an overview of the descriptive epidemiology of physical activity (PA) and exercise training in the United States. Overall, there is a low prevalence of meeting the current PA guidelines in all age, sex and race/ethnic groups. Among adults the prevalence of meeting the aerobic component of the guidelines is approximately 51%, whereas the prevalence of meeting both the aerobic and muscle-strengthening guidelines is approximately 23%. Approximately 27% of high school students meet the aerobic component of the pediatric guidelines (60minutes of daily moderate-to-vigorous activity), and...
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Peter T. Katzmarzyk, I-Min Lee, Corby K. Martin, Steven N. Blair Source Type: research

Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Propensity to Change Risk Behaviors Following Myocardial Infarction: Implications for Healthy Lifestyle Medicine
Failure to change risk behaviors following myocardial infarction (MI) increases the likelihood of recurrent MI and death. Lower-socioeconomic status (SES) patients are more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors prior to MI. Less well known is whether propensity to change risk behaviors after MI also varies inversely with SES. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 3, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Diann E. Gaalema, Rebecca J. Elliott, Zachary H. Morford, Stephen T. Higgins, Philip A. Ades Source Type: research

Community-Based Healthy Living Interventions
In an environment in which most people have lifestyles that increase risk for initial or recurrent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, community-based healthy lifestyle initiatives are highly effective in providing programs, education and support to reduce associated CVD risk factors and improve outcomes. Pioneering programs, such as the Stanford Three Community and Five Cities studies, and the North Karelia project in Finland, served as prototypes for current initiatives. These include partnerships with national organizations (e.g., YMCA DPP) and faith-based programs. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 2, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kathy Berra, Barry Franklin, Catriona Jennings Source Type: research

Constrictive Pericarditis: a Practical Clinical Approach
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) represents a form of severe diastolic heart failure (HF), secondary to a noncompliant pericardium. The true prevalence of CP is unknown but it is observed in 0.2 –0.4% of patients who have undergone cardiac surgery or have had pericardial trauma or inflammation due to a variety of etiologies. Despite its poor prognosis if untreated, CP is a potentially curable disease and surgical pericardiectomy can now be performed at low perioperative mortality in terti ary centers with surgical expertise in pericardial diseases. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 2, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: William R. Miranda, Jae K. Oh Source Type: research

Structure and anatomy of the human pericardium
The normal gross anatomy and light microscopy of the human pericardium is presented in detail that allows easy correlation with current cardiac imaging modalities. The anatomical structures of the parietal pericardium are shown from its mediastinal surface, including its ligaments to the sternum diaphragm and vertebral column. The attachments of the parietal pericardium to the great vessels showing the intrapericardial location of the root of the aorta and pulmonary artery are documented. Also the attachments of the parietal pericardium to the venae cavae and the pulmonary veins are illustrated in detail. (Source: Progress...
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 2, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: E Rene Rodriguez, Carmela D. Tan Source Type: research

Pericardial Masses, Cysts and Diverticula: a Comprehensive Review Using Multimodality Imaging
Pericardial masses/tumors, cysts, and diverticula are quite rare. Presentation is variable and often patients may be asymptomatic with pericardial involvement initially only detected at time of autopsy. When patients do present with symptoms they are often non-specific and often mimic other conditions of the pericardium such as pericarditis, pericardial effusion, constriction or tamponade. Therefore, echocardiography and cross-sectional imaging is essential in identifying and characterizing pericardial disease. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 2, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Albree Tower-Rader, Deborah Kwon Source Type: research

Pericardial Effusions: Causes, Diagnosis, and Management
The presentation of a patient with a pericardial effusion can range from an incidental finding to a life-threatening emergency. Accordingly, the causes of pericardial effusions are numerous and can generally be divided into inflammatory and non-inflammatory etiologies. For all patients with a suspected pericardial effusion, echocardiography is essential to define the location and size of an effusion. In pericardial tamponade, the hemodynamics relate to decreased pericardial compliance, ventricular interdependence, and an inspiratory decrease in the pressure gradient for left ventricular filling. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 2, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sneha Vakamudi, Natalie Ho, Paul C. Cremer Source Type: research

Community-Based Healthy Lifestyle Interventions
In an environment in which most people have lifestyles that increase risk for initial or recurrent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, community-based healthy lifestyle initiatives are highly effective in providing programs, education and support to reduce associated CVD risk factors and improve outcomes. Pioneering programs, such as the Stanford Three Community and Five Cities studies, and the North Karelia project in Finland, served as prototypes for current initiatives. These include partnerships with national organizations (e.g., YMCA DPP) and faith-based programs. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - January 2, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kathy Berra, Barry Franklin, Catriona Jennings Source Type: research

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