Conditions helped/prevented by lifestyle medicine
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Angina(Ref #1)
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High Blood Pressure(Ref #2)
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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (Ref #4)
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Type 2 Diabetes(Ref #10)
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Type 1 Diabetes(Ref#11)
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Obesity (Ref #13)
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Osteoporosis (Ref #14)
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Preventing multiple Types of Cancer (Ref #15)
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Fertility (Ref #3)
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Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (Ref# 16)
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Mood-Increased Happiness (Ref#5)
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Migraine Headache (Ref# 17, 18)
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Rheumatoid Arthritis (Ref#6)
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High Cholesterol (Ref#7)
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Asthma (Ref#8)
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Stroke Prevention (Ref#9)
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Chronic Kidney Disease (Ref #12)
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Atrial Fibrillation (Ref #19)
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Crohn’s Disease (Ref#20)
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Ref #21)
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Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD symptoms through movement (Ref #22)
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