Category: Functional Medicine
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Functional Medicine As Systems Medicine
Per the The Institute for Functional Medicine: “Functional medicine is a systems biology–based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease. Each symptom or differential diagnosis may be one of many contributing to an individual’s illness. A diagnosis can be the result of more than one cause. For example, depression can be…
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The Itch Is A Bit@h!
Pardon my language, but October is Eczema Awareness Month, and we need to talk about itch. Dermatologists sometimes call it pruritus, but you know it as itch or itching, and it can be crazy-making. We wax poetic about what “type” of itch it is and what treatments may or may not help based on the…
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What Is Functional Medicine? Let’s Talk About It.
(Disclosure: I don’t have functional medicine training, nor do I have experience integrating functional medicine into my dermatology practice. I’m not an expert in this area, but I’m a learner, and I want to help my patients get the best transformation possible.) Functional medicine is a holistic approach to health that focuses on identifying and…
