The Healing Unleashed Blog | Category : Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine is often the answer to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases for the following reasons: The sharp increase in the number of people suffering from complex, chronic diseases such as: diabetes/insulin resistance heart disease cancer mental illness/dementia, cognitive decline autoimmune disorders, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, thyroiditis Conventional medicine is oriented toward acute

All my life I have aspired to a higher calling. First, it was to traditional medicine, and I answered that call by becoming a pediatrician. After more than a decade of work as a practicing pediatrician, I became greatly disturbed by the lack of understanding of the underlying causes of the suffering of so many children. 

Our society is experience a dramatic increase in the number of people who suffer from complex, chronic diseases. Traditional medicine has not been able to address this crisis in the health care of our human family. Functional medicine is the answer to this crisis. As a functional medicine physician, I fully embrace this systems-oriented approach