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Cigna's list is unusually generous: "hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease, knee osteoarthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease/non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome, or coronary artery disease." The medication is used "concomitantly with behavioral modification and a reduced-calorie diet." Two details work in your favor
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The benefits are genuine, but they flow through the vasculature, the nervous system, and secondary mediators more than through the organs working cells, a distinction that matters when designing drugs meant to target these tissues
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