Tanya Edwards, M.D.

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A family physician, Dr. Tanya Edwards is passionate about using nutrition for the prevention and treatment of chronic illness. She sees patients at the Cleveland Clinic Independence Family Health Center and provides integrative medicine consultations at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Integrative Medicine. She regularly lectures, as well as provides clinical rotations in integrative medicine for medical students, residents and fellows in medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Other areas of interest include inflammation, the clinical use of nutraceuticals, and mind-body therapies. She is also a regular contributor to 360-5.com

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