epigenetics’ relationship to inflammation, cancer, and a myriad of other “genetic” diseases
WHAT IS EPIGENETICS AND WHY YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT IN ORDER TO STAY HEALTHY AND CANCER-FREE One of the reasons I left cancer research, I noticed early on the approach was all wrong. First they were essentially using germ theory – treating cancer as an invader other than self that had to be defeated […]
practical pain management and the functional medicine matrix
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE FOR CHRONIC PAIN? WHY NOT? “Until a magic medication comes along to stabilize β-cell function or, better yet, to reverse β-cell dysfunction, it will remain difficult to improve diabetes outcomes very much…” From Diabetes Care (How Our Current Medical Care System Fails People With Diabetes). This is something I’ve shown you over and over […]
low testosterone? knowledge of the various causes can lead to solutions
LOW TESTOSTERONE? UNDERSTANDING ITS MANY POTENTIAL CAUSES CAN HELP LEAD TO LONG LASTING SOLUTIONS “Commercials don’t mention a 2009 study in the New England Journal of Medicine wherein a group of men on testosterone replacement therapy had more than four times the number of cardiovascular problems — so many that the study had to be halted. They also […]
functional medicine: testing -vs- action steps
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINESHOULD I TEST OR SHOULD I ACT? I remember back a number of years ago when Johnson & Johnson jumped on the “natural health” bandwagon and created the short-lived Herbal Tylenol. Although that product is no longer around, it shows how desperate corporate America is to jump on any bandwagon that might make them […]