SAGE Publications is pleased to announce the launch of the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM), a bimonthly journal slated to begin publication in January 2007.

AJLM will focus on:

• Recognizing and addressing the impact that lifestyle decisions and activities have on health
• Emphasizing the interaction between traditional therapies (e.g. pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, etc.) and lifestyle modalities to treat disease and achieve superior outcomes.
• Highlighting and providing information about therapies that minimize the extent to which illness impacts lifestyle

AJLM will publish a broad range of articles intended to help primary care providers, pharmacists, and other health educators guide their patients to lead healthier lifestyles. The journal will provide commentaries and research reviews on nutrition and diet, cardiovascular disease, obesity, anxiety and depression, sleep problems, metabolic disease, and more—in a readable, immediately accessible, and usable format.

The journal will be edited by Dr. James M. Rippe, a nationally renowned cardiologist and authority on health, fitness, and healthy weight loss. Dr. Rippe serves as Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, and Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Author of over 35 books on health and fitness for the public and editor of leading medical textbooks in intensive care and lifestyle medicine, Dr. Rippe is the founder of Rippe Lifestyle Institute, a leading research, communication and health promotion organization. He is also the founder and director of the Rippe Health Assessment, a series of comprehensive health evaluations conducted at the state-of-the-art medical and fitness facility of Celebration Health in Celebration, Florida. He serves as Chairman of the Florida Hospital Institute of Lifestyle Medicine in Orlando, Florida. Associate Editor of AJLM will be Theodore Angelopolous, PhD, MPH. He serves as Professor of Exercise Physiology at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.

The AJLM is the first academic peer-reviewed journal in this emerging field of medicine, according to Dr. Rippe. "We're delighted to be working with the distinguished publishing company SAGE Publications to bring this information to the healthcare community."

A professional resource, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine will cover topics including, but not limited to:

Addictive disorders

Allergies & respiratory infections

Anxiety & depression

Cardiovascular disease

Coronary artery disease

Dermatology & skin care

Diabetes

Dislipidemia

Hypertension

Men’s health

Metabolic Syndrome

Nutrition & diet

Obesity & weight management

Osteoarthritis

Pulmonary medicine

Sleep disorders

Sports medicine

Urology

Women’s health