The incidence of chronic disease is increasing along with health care-related costs. The functional medicine model of care provides a unique operating system to reverse illness, promote health and optimize function.The association between this model of care and patient’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is unknown. Download PDF Here

Looking for information about functional medicine in Reno? Doctors who practice functional medicine are trained to see the human body not as a collection of independent systems, but as one connected system. They treat each patient as a person, not just as someone who has a presenting symptom. Their preferred approach is not to just [...]

Gone are the days when preventive care and alternative forms of medicine were a niche segment of medicine. In fact, The Cleveland Clinic, which is consistently ranked as one of the top three hospitals in the United States, has set up a functional medicine clinic that’s been so successful, it’s had to double its [...]

If you’ve ever walked out of a doctor’s appointment with a prescription in your hand but an uneasiness in your mind because you feel like you didn’t get the whole story about your health, you’re a good candidate for functional medicine.The American medical system essentially works piecemeal. You have a primary care doctor, sure, [...]

The approaches involved in conventional medicine differ markedly from those in functional medicine. Maybe you’re like many Americans who aren’t familiar with functional medicine, but as more young people begin to try alternatives to traditional medicine, leading medical schools are incorporating functional medicine practices into their training. Statistics show that twice as many millennials [...]