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Previous Volume 342:1927-1928 June 22, 2000 Number 25

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Edited by James M. Rippe. 1388 pp., illustrated. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Science, 1999. $125. ISBN 0-86542-249-X.

There has been considerable scientific interest in the contribution of lifestyle to health since recorded history began. However, the idea that the study of lifestyle's contribution to health is a discipline in itself seems to be relatively new. The editor of this book, a cardiologist, hopes that the publication of this book "will open an entire new branch of medicine emphasizing the important linkages between clinical practice and the recommendation of positive lifestyle behaviors for patients." Whether this book will indeed have this effect is difficult to judge, so I have elected to review it as a resource for someone . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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