Neurological Health
Dive into expert articles, insightful blogs, and patient stories to empower your health journey.
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A Functional Medicine Approach To Neuroinflammation
The emphasis on naming diseases is pervasive throughout medicine, and it is a primary obstacle to changing the way we do things and finding answers to our health problems. For instance, two brain disorders with two completely different names might have a lot more in common than you may otherwise think. The brain has an…
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Inflammation Causes Memory Loss and It Starts Sooner Than We Thought
A lot of patients come to my office with concerns about their memory, cognitive decline, and fear of dementia. In the medical literature, chronic inflammation in the body has been linked to dementia. Now, inflammation is normally not a bad thing. It is the body’s natural response against any number of incursions on your health.…
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Why Brain Injury is Actually a Chronic Disease
You never expect these things to happen in life. But last year, three days before Christmas, I experienced a traumatic brain injury. As a practicing Functional Medicine doctor who has been in the field for more than 20 years, I love what I do and take great care of my health. I never expected something…
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A PANDAS Story: What every parent needs to know
Harper was a bright, engaging, humorous 10 year old. She was perfectly healthy and her mom had no concerns. I happened to see them outside the office and she was every bit of the energizer bunny I expected she would be. Several months later, she was the in the office with a sore throat. We…