Patient Cases
Dive into expert articles, insightful blogs, and patient stories to empower your health journey.
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Beyond Diet Alone: Nutrigenomics Reveals Kim’s Hidden Barriers
Meet Kim, a vibrant 69-year-old who walked into The UltraWellness Center frustrated with stubborn symptoms. Despite switching to a “Pegan” diet six months earlier, she still battled tinnitus, insomnia, and swollen hands. Though not her primary concerns, Kim also complained of constipation, eczema, sinusitis, anxiety, and headaches. Her HemoglobinA1c (HbA1c), a marker of your average…
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Your Heart, Your Health: How HeartMath Helps You Turn Holiday Stress into Strength
A Patient-Centered Guide to the Science Behind HeartMath From mid-November to early January—those eight glittering, sugar-dusted, emotion- packed weeks—we often run on equal parts joy… and cortisol. If you’ve ever noticed that your body remembers holiday stress long after the decorations are boxed up, you’re not wrong. Science now shows what ancient wisdom always hinted…
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A Pediatric Autism Story: How Digging Deep Transformed Our Treatment
When Caden was born, he faced challenges starting in the hospital. His mother had a fever, so he needed antibiotics and spent a few days in the NICU. He struggled with sleep early on and was later diagnosed as mild obstructive sleep apnea. By 15 months of age, he faced more stress at home with…
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Case Report: Camden’s Journey to Improved Focus and Emotional Well-Being
Patient Overview Camden’s parents sought out an UltraWellness Center nutritionist for a holistic approach to address their concerns about Camden’s focus and attention. His teachers described him as quiet at school and struggled to keep up with work, leading to speculation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. His parents wanted to explore potential nutrient deficiencies and…
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A Functional Medicine Approach to Chronic Allergies & Digestive Health
Meet Ellen, a 64-year-old woman whose health challenges tell a story many of us can relate to. Over the past 15 years, she’s faced chronic stomach aches, diarrhea, persistent congestion, and allergic reactions, including unexplained anaphylaxis episodes several times a year. Add to this a demanding job, poor quality diet, little to no exercise, and…
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A Journey to Healing: Overcoming Ulcerative Colitis with Functional Nutrition
Introduction: I had the pleasure of working with Betsy, a 70-year-old woman who embarked on a remarkable journey of healing after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in July 2020. At The UltraWellness Center, we offer the option of working exclusively with a functional nutritionist which is what Betsy wanted to do. Her story is a…
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The Turn Around: Part I
It’s really easy to get caught up in fear right now. Lots of folks are panicky. I felt a little myself when I saw the empty grocery store shelves. No chicken, no toilet paper, no hemp milk. I felt afraid, just for a moment. Then, I just decided, not to let fear get the best…
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A Fresh Perspective: Advice From My Patient
Blogs. I love them. I love reading them, and I love writing them. They are a relatively quick and easy way to spread useful information and share ideas, both old and new, from a unique perspective. Yet, I’ve never written a blog from the perspective of somebody else, which is exactly what I want to…
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Overcoming Postpartum Depression
I have struggled with depression and anxiety throughout my life and managed it as well as I thought possible, using therapeutic interventions and medication. For a long time, I had it under control. It wasn’t until I had my third child that I was hit with the big one: Postpartum depression. When I had my…
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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…
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Clara’s Case Study: Overcoming Infertility
Dealing with infertility is an overwhelming, confusing, and heartbreaking issue for an estimated 10% of women in the US who are between the ages of 15 and 44. It’s defined as the inability to get pregnant after one year of trying for women less than 35 years of age, or six months for those who…
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Low T? 5 Steps to Boost Testosterone Naturally
By Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD and Mark Hyman, MD Low T? You have seen the ad. Are you a man who wonders if you have low T or low testosterone levels? If so, do you wonder if medication is indicated? Steve* was one such patient, who came to see us with concerns about his…