1  3129 134 GIVINOSTAT: AN EMERGING TREATMENT FOR POLYCYTHEMIA VERA. INTRODUCTION: POLYCYTHEMIA VERA (PV), A PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME-NEGATIVE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASM, IS CHARACTERIZED BY PANMYELOSIS, PANCYTOSIS, AND A JAK2 MUTATION. PATIENTS ARE AT INCREASED RISK OF THROMBOHEMORRHAGIC EVENTS, AND PROGRESSION TO MYELOFIBROSIS OR ACUTE LEUKEMIA. CURRENT TREATMENTS INCLUDE ASPIRIN, PHLEBOTOMY, AND CYTOREDUCTIVE DRUGS (MOST COMMONLY HYDROXYUREA). GIVINOSTAT IS A POTENT, CLASS I/II HISTONE DEACETYLASE (HDAC) INHIBITOR THAT IS IN PHASE I/II CLINICAL TRIALS IN PV. GIVINOSTAT WAS WELL TOLERATED AND YIELDED PROMISING CLINICO-HEMATOLOGICAL RESPONSES. A PHASE III STUDY OF GIVINOSTAT VERSUS HYDROXYUREA IN HIGH-RISK PV PATIENTS IS PLANNED. AREAS COVERED: WE PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF PV, CURRENT TREATMENT GUIDELINES, AND THE PUTATIVE MECHANISM(S) OF ACTION OF GIVINOSTAT. WE DISCUSS THE PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES OF GIVINOSTAT IN PV AND BRIEFLY REVIEW APPROVED AND INVESTIGATIONAL COMPETITOR COMPOUNDS. EXPERT OPINION: HDAC INHIBITORS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN TO BE ACTIVE IN PV, BUT CHRONIC TOXICITIES CAN BE CHALLENGING. GIVINOSTAT, HOWEVER, IS ACTIVE AND WELL TOLERATED, AND IS ENTERING A PIVOTAL PHASE III RANDOMIZED TRIAL. GIVINOSTAT OFFERS THE POSSIBILITY OF REPLACING HYDROXYUREA AS THE STANDARD FIRST-LINE CYTOREDUCTIVE CHOICE FOR PV PATIENTS. THIS WOULD COMPLETELY CHANGE THE CURRENT THERAPEUTIC PARADIGM AND GUIDELINES FOR PV MANAGEMENT. ALTHOUGH SURROGATE CLINICAL STUDY ENDPOINTS MAY SUFFICE FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES, THROMBOSIS REDUCTION AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE PROGRESSION REMAIN MOST IMPORTANT TO PATIENTS AND CLINICIANS.	2020	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
2  4167  33 MEDICINE AND PHLEBOLYMPHOLOGY: TIME TO CHANGE? BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE IS UNDERGOING A REAPPRAISAL OF ITS SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT PROCESS AND OF THE RELATED HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT. PROGRESS IN MEDICINE SHOULD COMBINE IMPROVEMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE, EFFICACY, AND SAFETY OF DIAGNOSTIC/THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES, WITH ADEQUATE COST-EFFECTIVENESS PROFILES. THIS NARRATIVE REVIEW IS AIMED AT ASSESSING IN MEDICINE, MORE SPECIFICALLY IN PHLEBOLOGY AND LYMPHOLOGY: (A) SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE POSSIBLE BIASES, (B) THE LEVEL OF EVIDENCE, COMPREHENSIVENESS, AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MAIN THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS, AND (C) THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION OF INTEGRATIVE AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH MAY HAVE COGNITIVE BIASES, OR INDUSTRY-TIED INFLUENCES, WHICH IMPACTS CLINICAL PRACTICE. SOME REDUCTIONISM, WITH AN INCREASING USE OF DRUGS AND TECHNOLOGY, OFTEN NEGLECTING THE UNDERSTANDING AND CARE OF THE ROOT CAUSATIVE PATHWAYS OF THE DISEASES, IS AFFECTING BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE AS WELL. AGING BRINGS A RELEVANT BURDEN OF CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND DISABILITIES, WITH RELEVANT SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPERCUSSIONS; THUS, A MAJOR ATTENTION TO COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF HEALTHCARE IS WARRANTED. IN THIS SCENARIO, COSTLY AND INNOVATIVE BUT RELATIVELY VALIDATED THERAPIES MAY TEND TO BE ADOPTED IN VENOUS AND LYMPHATIC DISEASES, SUCH AS VARICOSE VEINS, LEG VENOUS ULCER, POST-THROMBOTIC SYNDROME, PELVIC CONGESTION SYNDROME, AND LYMPHEDEMA. CONVERSELY, A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE BASIC PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CHRONIC VENOUS AND LYMPHATIC INSUFFICIENCY AND THE INCLUSION OF PHARMACOECONOMICS ANALYSES WOULD BENEFIT OVERALL PATIENTS' MANAGEMENT. ERRONEOUS LIFESTYLE AND NUTRITION, TOGETHER WITH CHRONIC STRESS-INDUCED SYNDROMES, SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCE CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE PHLEBO-LYMPHATIC DISEASES. THE MAIN ACTIVE EPIGENETIC SOCIO-BIOLOGIC FACTORS ARE OBESITY, DYSFUNCTIONS OF MUSCULO-RESPIRATORY-VASCULAR PUMPS, PRO-INFLAMMATORY NUTRITION, HYPERACTIVATION OF STRESS AXIS, AND SEDENTARISM. AN OVERALL CRITICAL VIEW OF THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND INNOVATIONS IN PHEBOLYMPHOLOGY COULD BE OF HELP TO IMPROVE EFFICACY, SAFETY, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF CURRENT PRACTICE. TRANSLATIONAL AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A PATIENT-CENTERED APPROACH. CONVERSELY, REDUCTIONISM, EMINENCE/REIMBURSEMENT-BASED DECISIONAL PROCESSES, PATIENTS' LACK OF EDUCATION, INDUSTRY-INFLUENCED SCIENCE, AND PHYSICIAN'S IMPROVABLE AWARENESS, MAY COMPROMISE EFFICACY, SAFETY, APPROPRIATENESS, AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF FUTURE DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PATTERNS OF PHLEBOLOGY AND LYMPHOLOGY.	2020	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
3  6195  19 THE IMPACT OF RECENT ALCOHOL USE ON GENOME WIDE DNA METHYLATION SIGNATURES. CHRONIC ALCOHOL INTAKE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES INCLUDING DEPRESSION, DIABETES, AND HEART DISEASE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH THESE EFFECTS ARE CONVEYED ARE NOT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD. TO EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF EPIGENETIC FACTORS IN THIS PROCESS, WE EXAMINED THE RELATIONSHIP OF RECENT ALCOHOL INTAKE TO GENOME WIDE METHYLATION PATTERNS USING THE ILLUMINA 450 METHYLATION BEAD CHIP AND LYMPHOBLAST DNA DERIVED FROM 165 FEMALE SUBJECTS PARTICIPATING IN THE IOWA ADOPTION STUDIES. WE FOUND THAT THE PATTERN OF ALCOHOL USE OVER THE 6-MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO PHLEBOTOMY WAS ASSOCIATED WITH, SEVERITY-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN THE DEGREE OF GENOME WIDE METHYLATION THAT PREFERENTIALLY HYPERMETHYLATE THE CENTRAL PORTION OF CPG ISLANDS WITH METHYLATION AT CG05600126, A PROBE IN ABR, AND THE 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION OF BLCAP ATTAINING GENOME WIDE SIGNIFICANCE IN TWO POINT AND SLIDING WINDOW ANALYSES OF PROBE METHYLATION DATA, RESPECTIVELY. WE CONCLUDE THAT RECENT ALCOHOL USE IS ASSOCIATED WITH WIDESPREAD CHANGES IN DNA METHYLATION IN WOMEN AND THAT FURTHER STUDY TO CONFIRM THESE FINDINGS AND DETERMINE THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO SOMATIC FUNCTION ARE IN ORDER.	2012	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
4  5799  42 STEPPING OUT OF ANTIQUITY: AN UPDATE ON EMERGING DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA. INTRODUCTION: POLYCYTHEMIA VERA IS A CHRONIC HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY FREQUENTLY PRESENTED WITH CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS AND ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF THROMBOSIS, HEMORRHAGE, AND PROGRESSION TO MYELOFIBROSIS OR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA. CURRENT TREATMENT STRATEGIES REDUCE THROMBOHEMORRHAGIC RISK BY CONTROLLING BLOOD COUNTS AND INHIBITING PLATELETS, BUT OFTEN FAIL TO ADDRESS DISEASE-RELATED SYMPTOMS OR BIOLOGICALLY MODIFY THE DISEASE.AREAS COVERED: WE REVIEW THE CURRENT PARADIGM FOR TREATING POLYCYTHEMIA VERA, HIGHLIGHT AREAS OF UNMET NEED, REVIEW THERAPEUTIC AGENTS IN LATE STAGE CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PROVIDE AN OVERARCHING VIEW OF HOW THESE EMERGING AGENT MAY FIT INTO THE FUTURE ARMAMENTARIUM OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA TREATMENTS.EXPERT OPINION: THE SHIFT FROM FOCUSING SOLELY ON SECONDARY PREVENTION OF THROMBOHEMORRHAGIC EVENTS TO A COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT STRATEGY THAT ADDITIONALLY AIMS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND PREVENT DISEASE PROGRESSION HAS RESULTED IN A RAPIDLY EVOLVING THERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPE THAT PROMISES TO MOVE THE TREATMENT OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA OUT OF ANTIQUITY INTO THE MODERN AGE.	2021	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
5  3630  34 INCLUSION OF SOCIAL AND STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE BIOLOGY OF CHRONIC DISEASE. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH) CONSIDER SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH DISPARITIES IN PATIENTS AND POPULATIONS. THE MOST COMMON HEALTH-RELATED SDOH EXPOSURES ARE FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITY, FINANCIAL INSTABILITY, TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS. THESE DOMAINS DESCRIBE RISKS THAT CAN IMPACT HEALTH OUTCOMES MORE THAN HEALTH CARE. EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES THAT SDOH FACTORS REPRESENT EXPOSURES THAT PREDICT HARM AND IMPACT THE HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS. INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL GUIDELINES URGE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO ADDRESS SDOH IN CLINICAL PRACTICE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. THE FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH, HOWEVER, IS LAGGING. HEREIN, WE CONSIDER A PRECISION HEALTH FRAMEWORK TO DESCRIBE HOW SDOH CONTRIBUTES TO THE EXPOSOME AND EXACERBATES PHYSIOLOGIC PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO CHRONIC DISEASE. SDOH FACTORS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS FORMS OF STRESSORS THAT IMPACT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES THROUGH EPIGENETIC, INFLAMMATORY, AND REDOX REGULATION. MANY SDOH EXPOSURES MAY ADD TO OR POTENTIATE THE PATHOLOGIC EFFECTS OF ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES. THIS OVERVIEW AIMS TO INFORM BASIC LIFE SCIENCE AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHERS ABOUT SDOH EXPOSURES THAT CAN CONFOUND ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CLASSIC BIOMEDICAL DETERMINANTS OF DISEASE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES. TO ADVANCE THE STUDY OF TOXICOLOGY THROUGH EITHER QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURES TO CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES, A MORE COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION SHOULD INCLUDE SDOH EXPOSURES. WE DISCUSS COMMON APPROACHES TO MEASURE SDOH FACTORS AT INDIVIDUAL AND POPULATION LEVELS AND REVIEW THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SDOH RISK FACTORS AND PHYSIOLOGIC MECHANISMS THAT INFLUENCE CHRONIC DISEASE. WE PROVIDE CLINICAL AND POLICY-BASED MOTIVATION TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCHERS TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF SDOH EXPOSURES ON STUDY RESULTS AND DATA INTERPRETATION. WITH VALID MEASURES OF SDOH FACTORS INCORPORATED INTO STUDY DESIGN AND ANALYSES, FUTURE TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO AN EVIDENCE BASE THAT CAN BETTER INFORM PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OPTIONS, TO IMPROVE EQUITABLE CLINICAL CARE AND POPULATION HEALTH. (C) 2022 WILEY PERIODICALS LLC.	2022	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
6   367  24 AMPLIFIED PAIN SYNDROMES IN CHILDREN: TREATMENT AND NEW INSIGHTS INTO DISEASE PATHOGENESIS. PURPOSE OF REVIEW: ALTHOUGH MANY DIAGNOSTIC TERMS ARE USED FOR PEDIATRIC CHRONIC PAIN, EVIDENCE SUGGESTS A COMMON THREAD OF SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION, LEADING TO THE UNIFYING TERM 'AMPLIFIED PAIN SYNDROMES'. ONGOING RESEARCH PROVIDES NEW INSIGHTS INTO BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL CONTRIBUTORS AND TREATMENTS FOR PEDIATRIC AMPLIFIED PAIN SYNDROMES. RECENT FINDINGS: BASIC SCIENCE INDICATES A COMPLEX INTERPLAY OF GENETIC, EPIGENETIC, NEUROCHEMICAL, ENDOCRINE, AND INFLAMMATORY CONTRIBUTORS, ALONG WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS. ALTHOUGH MEDICATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS REMAIN COMMON APPROACHES TO CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC PAIN, THEIR EVIDENCE IS LIMITED. PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE EXISTS FOR MINDFULNESS-BASED THERAPIES, YOGA, AND OTHER COMPLEMENTARY/ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE APPROACHES. THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE IS FOR EXERCISE-BASED AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENTS, IN PARTICULAR, WHEN COMBINED IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FORMAT. INTENSIVE APPROACHES (PAIN REHABILITATION) HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TREAT THOSE MOST DISABLED BY AMPLIFIED PAIN SYNDROMES, AND LEAD TO SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN PAIN, FUNCTIONING, AND MEDICAL UTILIZATION. SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING PEDIATRIC AMPLIFIED PAIN SYNDROMES EVOLVES, STANDARD OF CARE IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY EMPHASIZING EXERCISE THERAPY, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT, AND SELF-REGULATION. TREATMENT SHOULD TARGET FULL RETURN TO PHYSICAL FUNCTION, WHICH LEADS TO SUBSEQUENT IMPROVEMENT OR RESOLUTION OF PAIN. MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE CAN BE COORDINATED BY A RHEUMATOLOGIST OR OTHER PHYSICIAN WITH APPROPRIATE REFERRALS, OR THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.	2014	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
7  6576  31 TREATMENT OF PRIMARY SJOGREN SYNDROME. PRIMARY SJOGREN SYNDROME (PSS) IS A PROGRESSIVE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY SICCA AND SYSTEMIC MANIFESTATIONS. IN THIS REVIEW, WE SUMMARIZE THE AVAILABLE DATA ON TOPICAL AND SYSTEMIC MEDICATIONS, ACCORDING TO CLINICAL SIGNS AND DISEASE ACTIVITY, AND WE DESCRIBE THE ONGOING STUDIES USING BIOLOGIC DRUGS IN THE TREATMENT OF PSS. EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA, SYSTEMIC ACTIVITY SCORING (ESSDAI) AND PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES (ESSPRI) IS DRIVING ACTIVE RESEARCH. TREATMENT DECISIONS ARE BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF SYMPTOMS AND EXTRAGLANDULAR MANIFESTATIONS. SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT IS USUALLY APPROPRIATE, WHEREAS SYSTEMIC TREATMENT IS RESERVED FOR SYSTEMIC MANIFESTATIONS. SICCA IS MANAGED BY EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT MODIFICATION, ELIMINATION OF CONTINGENT OFFENDING DRUGS, ARTIFICIAL TEARS, SECRETAGOGUES AND TREATMENTS FOR COMPLICATIONS. MILD SYSTEMIC SIGNS SUCH AS FATIGUE ARE TREATED BY EXERCISE. PAIN CAN REQUIRE SHORT-TERM MODERATE-DOSE GLUCOCORTICOID THERAPY AND, IN SOME CASES, DISEASE-MODIFYING DRUGS. SEVERE AND ACUTE SYSTEMIC MANIFESTATIONS INDICATE TREATMENT WITH GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND/OR IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT DRUGS. THE ROLE FOR BIOLOGIC AGENTS IS PROMISING, BUT NO DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (RCTS) PROVING THE EFFICACY OF THESE DRUGS ARE AVAILABLE. TARGETS FOR NEW TREATMENTS DIRECTED AGAINST THE IMMUNOPATHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF PSS INCLUDE EPITHELIAL CELLS, T CELLS, B-CELL OVERACTIVITY, THE INTERFERON SIGNATURE, PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES, ECTOPIC GERMINAL CENTRE FORMATION, CHEMOKINES INVOLVED IN LYMPHOID CELL HOMING, AND EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS.	2016	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
8   455  31 APPLICATIONS OF YOGA IN ORAL ONCOLOGY: A SYSTEMATIC SCOPING REVIEW. BACKGROUND AND AIMS: YOGA IS WELL-THOUGHT-OUT AS AN ALL-INCLUSIVE APPROACH GLOBALLY AND CAN BE ADMINISTERED IN CLINICAL CARE AS AN INTEGRATIVE OR ALTERNATE APPROACH TO REGULAR TREATMENT. YOGA EXERCISE HAS BEEN DISCLOSED TO INFLUENCE REMISSION FROM CANCER CELLS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND ALSO REVERSES EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS. APPLICATIONS OF YOGA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ORAL ONCOLOGY PATIENTS ARE SCARCE, HENCE THE NEED FOR A SCOPING REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. HENCE, THIS STUDY AIMED TO CONDUCT A SCOPING REVIEW OF THE EXISTING EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE APPLICATIONS OF YOGA IN ORAL ONCOLOGY. METHODS: THE REVIEW METHODOLOGY WAS INFORMED BY JOANNA BRIGG'S INSTITUTE GUIDELINES FOR SYSTEMATIC SCOPING REVIEWS, AND THE REVIEW WAS REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PREFERRED REPORTING ITEMS FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES EXTENSION FOR SCOPING REVIEWS. TEN DATABASES WERE SEARCHED. THE RECORDS OF ALL THE LITERATURE RETRIEVED FROM THE SEARCH WERE IMPORTED INTO THE RAYYAN SOFTWARE FOR DEDUPLICATION. AFTER THE FULL-TEXT SCREENING, ONLY TWO WERE FOUND ELIGIBLE FOR INCLUSION IN THE SCOPING REVIEW. DATA OBTAINED IN THE INCLUDED LITERATURE WERE EXTRACTED AND SYNTHESIZED. RESULTS: THIS REVIEW FOUND THAT YOGA WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY EFFECTIVE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF STRESS AMONG ORAL CANCER PATIENTS (P-VALUES > 0.04). HOWEVER, IT WAS FOUND THAT YOGA SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ANXIETY, SALIVA STICKINESS, AND EPISODES OF FALLING ILL (P-VALUES < 0.05) WHILE IT IMPROVED MENTAL WELL-BEING, COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING, EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING, AND HEAD AND NECK PAIN OF THOSE ORAL CANCER PATIENTS THAT RECEIVED IT (P-VALUES < 0.05). CONCLUSION: AN INTEGRATIVE CARE APPROACH THAT CONSIDERS NONPHARMACEUTICAL TECHNIQUES SUCH AS YOGA COULD HELP TO REDUCE CARE COST WHILE IMPROVING CARE OUTCOMES AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF ORAL CANCER PATIENTS. HENCE, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CONSIDER YOGA ALONG WITH ITS POTENTIAL BENEFITS, AND WE RECOMMEND GRADUAL INCORPORATION OF YOGA INTO ORAL CANCER CARE.	2023	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
9  6282  30 THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF SOCIAL GENOMICS ON WOUND HEALING. SIGNIFICANCE: HUMAN SKIN WOUNDS CARRY AN IMMENSE EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND FINANCIAL BURDEN, AND THEIR IMPACT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW WITH AN AGING POPULATION AND RISING INCIDENCE OF COMORBID CONDITIONS KNOWN TO AFFECT WOUND HEALING. TO COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS THIS GROWING CLINICAL ISSUE, PHYSICIANS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF HOW CONDITIONS OF THE HUMAN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT MAY AFFECT WOUND HEALING. HERE WE PROVIDE A REVIEW OF THE EMERGING FIELD OF SOCIAL GENOMICS AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE WOUND HEALING. RECENT ADVANCES: MULTIPLE STUDIES USING HUMAN AND ANIMAL MODELS HAVE CORRELATED SOCIAL INFLUENCES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTING EFFECTS TO ACUTE AND CHRONIC STRESS WITH DELAYS IN WOUND HEALING. FURTHERMORE, OBSERVATIONS BETWEEN NONGENETIC FACTORS SUCH AS NUTRITION, SOCIOECONOMIC, AND EDUCATIONAL STATUS HAVE ALSO SHOWN TO HAVE A DIRECT OR INDIRECT IMPACT ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF WOUND HEALING. CRITICAL ISSUES: NUTRITION, FINANCIAL BURDEN, SOCIOECONOMIC AND EDUCATION STATUS, AND ACUTE AND CHRONIC STRESS ARE VARIABLES THAT HAVE EITHER DIRECT (EPIGENETIC) OR INDIRECT IMPACT ON WOUND HEALING AND PATIENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE. WOUND CARE IS COSTLY AND REMAINS A CHALLENGE PLACING ECONOMIC BURDEN ON PATIENTS. FURTHERMORE, POOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND COMPLICATIONS INCLUDING LOSS OF MOBILITY AND DISABILITY MAY LEAD TO JOB LOSS, FURTHER CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIOECONOMIC RELATED STRESS. THUS, THE ECONOMIC BURDEN AND INADEQUATE WOUND HEALING ARE INTERTWINED, MAKING EACH OTHER WORSE. FUTURE DIRECTIONS: ALTHOUGH SOME EVIDENCE REGARDING THE SPECIFIC CHANGES IN GENETIC PATHWAYS IMPARTED BY CONDITIONS OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT EXISTS, FURTHER STUDIES ARE WARRANTED TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL MECHANISMS, INTERVENTIONS, AND PREVENTION APPROACHES.	2020	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
10  6805  24 [EPIGENETICS : IMPORTANT ASPECTS FOR ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, PAIN AND INTENSIVE CARE PHYSICIANS]. EPIGENETICS, I.E. AN ALTERED READING OF THE GENOME WITHOUT ALTERING THE GENES THEMSELVES IS A GROWING SCIENTIFIC FIELD. A DISTINCTION IS MADE BETWEEN CHANGES IN THE DNA BY MODIFICATION OF THE HISTONES AND NON-CODING RNA THAT ALTER THE MESSENGER (M)RNAS. EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHER EXTERNAL FACTORS AND THEREFORE INFLUENCE THE OCCURRENCE OF DISEASES. EPIGENETICS ARE THEREFORE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, PAIN SPECIALISTS AND INTENSIVE CARE PHYSICIANS, AS ANESTHETIC DRUGS MAY HAVE A LONG-TERM INFLUENCE ON PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION LEADING FOR EXAMPLE TO ALTERATIONS IN NEUROCOGNITION AFTER ANESTHESIA, CHRONIFICATION OF POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AND IMMUNE RESPONSE IN SEPSIS. NON-CODING MICRORNAS KNOWN TO BE ALTERED IN A VARIETY OF PERIOPERATIVELY RELEVANT DISEASES E. G. HEART INFARCT, MIGHT SERVE AS PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOME. MOREOVER, THERE ARE WAYS TO INFLUENCE EPIGENETIC CHANGES THROUGH LIFE STYLE AND CERTAIN MEDICATIONS. IN THIS REVIEW ARTICLE, EXAMPLES OF ANESTHESIA, INTENSIVE CARE AND PAIN MEDICINE-RELEVANT DISEASES AND THE INFLUENCE OF EPIGENETICS ON THEM ARE PRESENTED.	2018	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
11  6185  24 THE IMPACT OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA ON REDOX STABILITY AND EPIGENETIC INFLAMMATION PATHWAYS: CROSSTALK ON PERIOPERATIVE ANTIOXIDANT THERAPY. WORLDWIDE, THE PREVALENCE OF SURGERY UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, BOTH BECAUSE OF MODERN ANESTHETIC AND PAIN-CONTROL TECHNIQUES AND BECAUSE OF BETTER DIAGNOSIS AND THE INCREASED COMPLEXITY OF SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. APART FROM DEVELOPING NEW CONCEPTS IN THE SURGICAL FIELD, RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS ARE NOW WORKING ON MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF SURGICAL TRAUMA AND OFFERING MINIMAL INVASIVE PROCEDURES DUE TO THE RECENT DISCOVERIES IN THE FIELD OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS THAT HAVE REVEALED A SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY AND PRO-OXIDATIVE IMPACT NOT ONLY IN THE PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD BUT ALSO IN THE LONG TERM, CONTRIBUTING TO MORE DIFFICULT RECOVERY, INCREASED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY, AND A NEGATIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT. DETAILED MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN AN OVERPRODUCTION OF INFLAMMATORY AND PRO-OXIDATIVE SPECIES, RESPONSIBLE FOR AUGMENTING THE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY STATUS AND MAKING POSTOPERATIVE RECOVERY MORE DIFFICULT. MOREOVER, THERE ARE A SERIES OF CHANGES IN CERTAIN EPIGENETIC STRUCTURES, THE MOST IMPORTANT BEING THE MICRORNAS. THIS REVIEW DESCRIBES THE MOST IMPORTANT MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS THAT IMPACT THE SURGICAL PATIENT UNDERGOING GENERAL ANESTHESIA, AND IT PRESENTS A SERIES OF ANTIOXIDANT THERAPIES THAT CAN REDUCE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION.	2022	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
12  5473  36 RESPONSES OF PATIENTS WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS TO METHOTREXATE: A GENOMIC OUTLOOK. INTRODUCTION: JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS (JIA) IS A CHRONIC DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY PERSISTENT JOINT INFLAMMATION. JIA IS THE MOST COMMON PEDIATRIC CHRONIC RHEUMATIC DISEASE AND NO CURATIVE THERAPY IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. METHOTREXATE (MTX) IS AN IMPORTANT TREATMENT FOR JIA EVEN THOUGH A HIGH INTER-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY IN RESPONSE IS OBSERVED IN PATIENTS. AMONG THE FACTORS OF THIS VARIABILITY, GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS MIGHT PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE. AREAS COVERED: THIS REVIEW SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF PHARMACOGENETIC AND PHARMACOEPIGENETIC STUDIES REGARDING MTX RESPONSE IN JIA. STUDIES CONSIDERING EPIGENETIC FACTORS IN JIA PATIENTS ARE STILL VERY LIMITED, THEREFORE THIS REVIEW INCLUDES ALSO STUDIES PERFORMED IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. MOREOVER, THE RELEVANCE OF BIOMARKERS MEASURED IN BLOOD OR URINE OF JIA PATIENTS IN RELATION TO MTX TREATMENT IS DISCUSSED. EXPERT OPINION: NOWADAYS, EVEN THOUGH MANY PHARMACOGENOMICS STUDIES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED, A SPECIFIC GENETIC MARKER PREDICTOR OF MTX EFFICACY OR ADVERSE EVENTS HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED. ENCOURAGING RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS RELY ON THE STUDY OF EPIGENETICS. FUTURE STUDIES ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY GENETIC AND EPIGENETIC BIOMARKERS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE.	2021	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
13  5161  32 PRECISION AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: HOW GENOMIC APPROACH IMPROVES THE MANAGEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE. LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS GRADUALLY GROWN OVER THE LAST CENTURY. THIS HAS DEEPLY AFFECTED HEALTHCARE COSTS, SINCE THE GROWTH OF AN AGING POPULATION IS CORRELATED TO THE INCREASING BURDEN OF CHRONIC DISEASES. THIS REPRESENTS THE INTERESTING CHALLENGE OF HOW TO MANAGE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE BUDGETS. EFFECTIVE PRIMARY PREVENTION COULD REPRESENT A PROMISING ROUTE. TO THIS END, PRECISION, TOGETHER WITH PERSONALIZED MEDICINE, ARE USEFUL INSTRUMENTS IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE PATHOLOGICAL PROCESSES BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF CLINICAL SYMPTOMS AND TO GUIDE PHYSICIANS TO CHOOSE A TARGETED THERAPY TO MANAGE THE PATIENT. CARDIOVASCULAR AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES REPRESENT SUITABLE MODELS FOR TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF PRECISION MEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO ALL STAGES OF DISEASE DEVELOPMENT. THE AVAILABILITY OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ADVANCEMENT PROGRESS MADE IN THE FIELD OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIAL TO UNDERSTAND HOW GENES, EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS, AGING, NUTRITION, DRUGS, MICROBIOME AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS CAN IMPACT HEALTH AND CHRONIC DISORDERS. THE AIM OF THE PRESENT REVIEW IS TO ADDRESS HOW PRECISION AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE CAN BRING GREATER CLARITY TO THE CLINICAL AND BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY OF THESE TYPES OF DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH MORTALITY, INVOLVING TREMENDOUS HEALTH CARE COSTS, BY DESCRIBING IN DETAIL THE METHODS THAT CAN BE APPLIED. THIS MIGHT OFFER PRECIOUS TOOLS FOR PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES AND POSSIBLE CLUES ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE DISEASE AND COULD HELP IN PREDICTING MORBIDITY, MORTALITY AND DETECTING CHRONIC DISEASE INDICATORS MUCH EARLIER IN THE DISEASE COURSE. THIS, OF COURSE, WILL HAVE A MAJOR EFFECT ON BOTH IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PATIENTS AND REDUCING TIME EFFORTS AND HEALTHCARE COSTS.	2020	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
14   724  34 CAN GENETICS GUIDE EXERCISE PRESCRIPTIONS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS? OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF ARTHRITIS AND HAS A MULTIFACTORIAL ETIOLOGY. CURRENT MANAGEMENT FOR OA FOCUSES ON MINIMIZING PAIN AND FUNCTIONAL LOSS, TYPICALLY INVOLVING PHARMACOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL, AND MIND-BODY INTERVENTIONS. HOWEVER, THERE REMAIN CHALLENGES IN DETERMINING WHICH PATIENTS WILL BENEFIT MOST FROM WHICH INTERVENTIONS. ALTHOUGH EXERCISE-BASED INTERVENTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AS FIRST-LINE TREATMENTS AND ARE KNOWN TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR MANAGING BOTH THE DISEASE AND ILLNESS OF OA, THE OPTIMAL EXERCISE "PRESCRIPTION" IS UNKNOWN, DUE IN PART TO OUR LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRECISE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING ITS ACTION. HERE WE PRESENT OUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF GENETICS IN GUIDING EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION FOR PERSONS WITH OA. WE DESCRIBE KEY PUBLICATIONS IN THE AREAS OF EXERCISE AND OA, GENETICS AND OA, AND EXERCISE AND GENETICS, AND POINT TO A PAUCITY OF KNOWLEDGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF EXERCISE, GENETICS, AND OA. WE SUGGEST THERE IS EMERGING EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE USE OF GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS TO EXPLAIN THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF EXERCISE FOR OA. WE IDENTIFY MISSING LINKS IN THE EXISTING RESEARCH RELATING TO EXERCISE, GENETICS, AND OA, AND HIGHLIGHT EPIGENETICS AS A PROMISING MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES SUCH AS EXERCISE MAY IMPACT OA OUTCOMES. WE ANTICIPATE FUTURE STUDIES WILL IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW GENETIC AND EPIGENETIC FACTORS MEDIATE EXERCISE-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION AND ULTIMATELY IMPROVE OA PATIENT CARE.	2022	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
15  5919  26 TARGETING CELLULAR SENESCENCE FOR AGE-RELATED DISEASES: PATH TO CLINICAL TRANSLATION. BEYOND THE PALLIATIVE REACH OF TODAY'S MEDICINES, MEDICAL THERAPIES OF TOMORROW AIM TO TREAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF AGE-RELATED DISEASES BY TARGETING FUNDAMENTAL AGING MECHANISMS. PILLARS OF AGING INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, GENOMIC INSTABILITY, TELOMERE ATTRITION, EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS, LOSS OF PROTEOSTASIS, DYSREGULATED NUTRIENT SENSING, MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION, CELLULAR SENESCENCE, STEM CELL EXHAUSTION, AND ALTERED INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION. THE UNITARY THEORY OF FUNDAMENTAL AGING PROCESSES POSITS THAT BY TARGETING ONE FUNDAMENTAL AGING PROCESS, IT MAY BE FEASIBLE TO IMPACT SEVERAL OR ALL OTHERS GIVEN ITS INTERDEPENDENCE. INDEED, PATHOLOGIC ACCUMULATION OF SENESCENT CELLS IS IMPLICATED IN CHRONIC DISEASES AND AGE-ASSOCIATED MORBIDITIES, SUGGESTING THAT SENESCENT CELLS ARE A GOOD TARGET FOR WHOLE-BODY AGING INTERVENTION. PRECLINICAL STUDIES USING SENOLYTICS, AGENTS THAT SELECTIVELY ELIMINATE SENESCENT CELLS, AND SENOMORPHICS, AGENTS THAT INHIBIT PRODUCTION OR RELEASE OF SENESCENCE-ASSOCIATED SECRETORY PHENOTYPE FACTORS, SHOW PROMISE IN SEVERAL AGING AND DISEASE PRECLINICAL MODELS. EARLY CLINICAL TRIALS USING A SENOLYTIC COMBINATION (DASATINIB AND QUERCETIN), AND OTHER SENOLYTICS INCLUDING FLAVONOID, FISETIN, AND BCL-XL INHIBITORS, ILLUSTRATE THE POTENTIAL OF SENOLYTICS TO ALLEVIATE AGE-RELATED DYSFUNCTION AND DISEASES INCLUDING WOUND HEALING. TRANSLATION INTO CLINICAL APPLICATIONS REQUIRES PARALLEL CLINICAL TRIALS ACROSS INSTITUTIONS TO VALIDATE SENOTHERAPEUTICS AS A VANGUARD FOR DELAYING, PREVENTING, OR TREATING AGE-RELATED DISORDERS AND AESTHETIC AGING.	2022	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
16  5224  30 PRIORITIZED RESEARCH FOR THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND REVERSAL OF CHRONIC DISEASE: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LIFESTYLE MEDICINE RESEARCH SUMMIT. DECLINING LIFE EXPECTANCY AND INCREASING ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS, SOCIOECOLOGICAL FACTORS, AND PREVENTABLE DISEASE. A GROWING BODY OF BASIC SCIENCE, CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND POPULATION HEALTH EVIDENCE POINTS TO THE BENEFITS OF HEALTHY BEHAVIORS, ENVIRONMENTS AND POLICIES TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND PREVENT, TREAT, AND REVERSE THE ROOT CAUSES OF COMMON CHRONIC DISEASES. SIMILARLY, INNOVATIONS IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES, STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE, EMERGENCE OF UNIQUE STUDY COHORTS, AND BREAKTHROUGHS IN DATA ANALYTICS AND MODELING CREATE NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR PRODUCING BIOMEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND CLINICAL TRANSLATION. TO UNDERSTAND THESE ADVANCES AND INFORM FUTURE DIRECTIONS RESEARCH, THE LIFESTYLE MEDICINE RESEARCH SUMMIT WAS CONVENED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ON DECEMBER 4-5, 2019. THE SUMMIT'S GOAL WAS TO REVIEW CURRENT STATUS AND DEFINE RESEARCH PRIORITIES IN THE SIX CORE AREAS OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE: PLANT-PREDOMINANT NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SLEEP, STRESS, ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS, AND POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIAL CONNECTION. FORTY INVITED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS (1) REVIEWED EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND GAPS RELATING LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS TO COMMON CHRONIC DISEASES, SUCH AS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DIABETES, MANY CANCERS, INFLAMMATORY- AND IMMUNE-RELATED DISORDERS AND OTHER CONDITIONS; AND (2) DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL FOR APPLYING CUTTING-EDGE MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, EPIGENETIC AND EMERGING SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE AND COMPUTATIONAL METHODOLOGIES, RESEARCH DESIGNS, AND STUDY COHORTS TO ACCELERATE CLINICAL APPLICATIONS ACROSS ALL SIX DOMAINS OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE. NOTABLY, FEDERAL HEALTH AGENCIES, SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEGUN TO ADOPT "WHOLE-PERSON HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE" MODELS THAT ADDRESS THESE LIFESTYLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ROOT CAUSES OF CHRONIC DISEASE AND ASSOCIATED MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, AND COST. RECOMMENDATIONS STRONGLY SUPPORT LEVERAGING EMERGING RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES, SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELING IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE EFFECTIVE CLINICAL AND POPULATION SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND REDUCE SOCIETAL COSTS. NEW AND ALTERNATIVE HIERARCHIES OF EVIDENCE ARE ALSO BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF EVIDENCE AND DEVELOP EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES ON LIFESTYLE MEDICINE. CHILDREN AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIZED GROUPS TO STUDY. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WHICH DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC DISEASES THAT ARE AMENABLE TO EFFECTIVE LIFESTYLE MEDICINE INTERVENTIONS, MAKES THE SUMMIT'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH PARTICULARLY TIMELY AND RELEVANT.	2020	

17  1403  21 DIETARY APPROACHES TO WOMEN'S SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. OVER THE COURSE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE LIFE SPAN, IT IS COMMON FOR WOMEN TO EXPERIENCE ONE OR MORE OF THE MOST COMMON GYNECOLOGIC CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME, FIBROIDS, ENDOMETRIOSIS, AND INFERTILITY. ALTHOUGH CURRENT MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES OFTEN TURN TO THE ESTABLISHED PHARMACEUTICAL APPROACHES FOR EACH OF THESE DIAGNOSES, THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ALSO SUPPORTS AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH ROOTED IN THE PARADIGM OF FOOD AS MEDICINE. ACHIEVING HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERNS IS A CORE GOAL OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE, AND A PLANT-FORWARD APPROACH AKIN TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR IMPROVING MANY CHRONIC GYNECOLOGIC DISEASES. FURTHERMORE, CREATING AN OPTIMAL PRECONCEPTION ENVIRONMENT FROM A NUTRITIONAL STANDPOINT MAY FACILITATE EPIGENETIC SIGNALING, THUS IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW EXPLORES THE LITERATURE CONNECTING DIET WITH SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN.	2021	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
18  4871  25 OUR GENES ARE NOT OUR DESTINY: INCORPORATING MOLECULAR MEDICINE INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE. IN MANY DEVELOPED NATIONS, THE STATE OF PUBLICLY ADMINISTERED HEALTH CARE IS INCREASINGLY PRECARIOUS AS A RESULT OF ESCALATING NUMBERS OF CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS, INADEQUATE MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND HOSPITAL FACILITIES, AS WELL AS SPARSE FUNDING FOR ONGOING UPGRADES TO STATE-OF-THE-ART DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGY - AN INCREASED EMPHASIS ON AETIOLOGY-CENTRED MEDICINE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE IMPROVED HEALTH FOR PATIENTS AND POPULATIONS. MEDICAL PRACTICE PATTERNS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE QUICK AND EFFECTIVE AMELIORATION OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ARE FREQUENTLY NOT AN ENDURING SOLUTION TO MANY HEALTH AFFLICTIONS AND CHRONIC DISEASE STATES. RECENT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY HAS RENDERED THE DRUG-ORIENTED ALGORITHMIC PARADIGM COMMONLY FOUND IN CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE TO BE A REDUCTIONIST APPROACH TO CLINICAL PRACTICE. UNFOLDING EVIDENCE APPEARS TO SUPPORT A GENETIC PREDISPOSITION MODEL OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS RATHER THAN A FATALISTIC PREDESTINATION CONSTRUCT - MODIFIABLE EPIGENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS HAVE ENORMOUS POTENTIAL TO INFLUENCE CLINICAL OUTCOMES. BY UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING FUNDAMENTAL CLINICAL PRINCIPLES RELATING TO THE EMERGING FIELDS OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE, NUTRIGENOMICS AND HUMAN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT, DOCTORS WILL BE EMPOWERED TO ADDRESS CAUSALITY OF AFFLICTION WHEN POSSIBLE AND ACHIEVE SUSTAINED REPRIEVE FOR MANY SUFFERING PATIENTS.	2008	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
19  6548  24 TRANSCULTURAL DIABETES CARE IN THE UNITED STATES - A POSITION STATEMENT BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS (AACE) HAS CREATED A TRANSCULTURALIZED DIABETES CHRONIC DISEASE CARE MODEL THAT IS ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS ACROSS A SPECTRUM OF ETHNICITIES AND CULTURES. AACE HAS CONDUCTED SEVERAL TRANSCULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON GLOBAL ISSUES IN CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND COMPLETED A 3-CITY SERIES OF CONFERENCES IN DECEMBER 2017 THAT FOCUSED ON DIABETES CARE FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE U.S. PROCEEDINGS FROM THE "DIABETES CARE ACROSS AMERICA" SERIES OF TRANSCULTURAL SUMMITS ARE PRESENTED HERE. INFORMATION FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS, PRACTICING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN DIABETES CARE IS ANALYZED ACCORDING TO BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. FOUR SPECIFIC U.S. ETHNICITIES ARE DETAILED: AFRICAN AMERICANS, LATINO/HISPANICS, ASIAN AMERICANS, AND NATIVE AMERICANS. A CORE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CULTURALLY ADAPT DIABETES CARE IS PRESENTED THAT EMPHASIZES CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY, TRANSCULTURALIZATION OF WHITE PAPERS, CULTURALLY ADAPTING CLINIC INFRASTRUCTURE, FLEXIBLE OFFICE HOURS, BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE-ESPECIALLY MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING AND BUILDING TRUST-CULTURALLY COMPETENT NUTRITIONAL MESSAGING AND HEALTH LITERACY, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR CARE DELIVERY, TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, CLINICAL TRIAL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF ETHNIC MINORITIES, AND MORE FUNDING FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ON EPIGENETIC MECHANISMS OF CULTURAL IMPACT ON DISEASE EXPRESSION. IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND CLINICAL PRACTICE ENHANCEMENTS, DIABETES CARE CAN BE OPTIMIZED IN TERMS OF PRECISION AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND U.S. POPULATION AS A WHOLE.	2019	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
20  6619  33 UNDERSTANDING CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE: A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF ITS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT. CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE (CVD) IS A MULTIFACTORIAL CONDITION AFFECTING AN IMPORTANT PERCENTAGE OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION. IT RANGES FROM MILD CLINICAL SIGNS, SUCH AS TELANGIECTASIAS OR RETICULAR VEINS, TO SEVERE MANIFESTATIONS, SUCH AS VENOUS ULCERATIONS. HOWEVER, VARICOSE VEINS (VVS) ARE THE MOST COMMON MANIFESTATION OF CVD. THE EXPLICIT MECHANISMS OF THE DISEASE ARE NOT WELL-UNDERSTOOD. IT SEEMS THAT GENETICS AND A PLETHORA OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION OF CVD. THE EXPOSURE TO THESE FACTORS LEADS TO ALTERED HEMODYNAMICS OF THE VENOUS SYSTEM, DESCRIBED AS AMBULATORY VENOUS HYPERTENSION, THEREFORE PROMOTING MICROCIRCULATORY CHANGES, INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES, HYPOXIA, VENOUS WALL REMODELING, AND EPIGENETIC VARIATIONS, EVEN WITH IMPORTANT SYSTEMIC IMPLICATIONS. THUS, A PROPER CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CVD IS ESSENTIAL TO PREVENT POTENTIAL HARMS OF THE DISEASE, WHICH ALSO ENTAILS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THESE INDIVIDUALS. HENCE, THE AIM OF THE PRESENT REVIEW IS TO COLLECT THE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF CVD, INCLUDING ITS EPIDEMIOLOGY, ETIOLOGY, AND RISK FACTORS, BUT EMPHASIZING THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICAL CARE OF THESE PATIENTS, INCLUDING CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENTS. FURTHERMORE, FUTURE DIRECTIONS WILL ALSO BE COVERED IN THIS WORK IN ORDER TO PROVIDE POTENTIAL FIELDS TO EXPLORE IN THE CONTEXT OF CVD.	2021