Lifestyle medicine vs. medication: Why prevention is the future

During my first two years as a medical student, I have often been struck not only by how much medicine has advanced, but by how frequently the foundations of health are overlooked. This perspective was shaped early in my career through my first postgraduate role, where I spent three years collecting patient data for a multisite study evaluating a lifestyle-based intervention to reverse metabolic syndrome.

At a data analysis meeting with …

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Lifestyle medicine vs. medication: Why prevention is the future