JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   Brooke Army Medical Center Department of Cardiology has incorporated lifestyle medicine into its cardiac rehabilitation program to help improve patient outcomes after a cardiac event.

According to the American Heart Association, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States.

“We know that 80% of chronic diseases are preventable, treatable, and even can be reversible with lifestyle modifications,” said Angelia Grona, a physician assistant who co-leads the Lifestyle Medicine Program at BAMC with Stacey Dramiga, head of the Human Performance Center.

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