Editorial Commentary: SCR: Substantial Confusion Remains

Editorial Commentary

Socioeconomic status (SES) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease.1,2 However, unlike traditional Framingham risk factors, SES does not directly impact the cardiovascular system but exerts its cardiovascular effects via a complex interaction of biobehavioral factors, such as exercise and diet (Figure). Because these mediating behavioral factors are potentially modifiable, elucidating...

Editorial: review and commentary section.

Is this the era of empirically supported practice? If it is not, it is up to us to make it so. Many of us were trained in the scientist–practitioner framework of the Boulder model, now almost 60 years old, which emphasized training in both research and practice for clinical psychologists, and which seems to make the implicit assumption that the ‘‘science’’ training would help to make the ‘‘prac...

editorial commentary: prophylaxis for surgical site infections

Editorial Commentary Resistant Hypertension or Resistant Prescribing?

The term “resistant hypertension” (RH) evokes a myriad of clinical descriptions, nearly all of which implicitly ascribe origins of the problem to characteristics inherent within the patient or maleficent qualities of the disease itself. The need for an operational definition to help identify and prioritize a higher-than-average-risk population that could benefit from special diagnostic and ther...

Editorial Commentary Hypertension and Insulin Resistance

Diminished tissue sensitivity to the metabolic actions of insulin is a characteristic feature of various pathological conditions termed the “cardiometabolic syndrome.”1–3 Factors that contribute to the complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors required for impaired insulin signaling include obesity, inactivity, and aging. Recent research has underscored the importance of heighten...