Introduction: Stroke occurs when the brain doesn't receive enough blood supply, leading to oxygen deprivation. It can result from various causes like blood clots (ischemic stroke), bleeding into tissue (hemorrhagic stroke), or ruptured blood vessels (subarachnoid hemorrhage). Until the 1980s, the most common stroke type, due to arterial blood clots, lacked effective treatment until clot-dissolving [...]
Introduction: A stroke manifests when the brain receives insufficient blood supply, resulting in oxygen deprivation. It can occur due to various factors, including blood clots in blood vessels (ischemic stroke), bleeding of blood vessels into tissue (hemorrhagic stroke), or ruptured blood vessels (subarachnoid hemorrhage or ruptured aneurysm). The onset of a stroke triggers rapid brain [...]
Mounting scientific evidence over decades has established that atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder involved in cardiovascular disease. Although a variety of inflammatory markers (ie, C-reactive protein) have been associated with atherosclerosis and its consequences, it is important to identify principal mediators of the inflammatory responses. Among the potentially critical sources of vascular inflammation during [...]
This blog post is courtesy of Dr. Ron Grisanti and Functional Medicine University. Most traditional physicians almost always order a standard lipid panel which includes total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol. Unfortunately this standard lipid test will put most people at risk causing plaque to silently build up in there arterial walls if [...]
What Causes Joint Pain? Degenerative joint disease, commonly referred to as arthritis, affects nearly 54 million Americans, according to a 2015 Centers for Disease Control survey. Of these, 15 million Americans develop severe arthritis-related pain. The most common form of arthritis, known as osteoarthritis, occurs when the cartilage in your joints wears away. This [...]
Lyme disease is growing at epidemic rates, with 30,000 new cases diagnosed each month. Lyme disease is very difficult to diagnose, since only about half of all people who contract Lyme disease ever recall getting a tick bite or bullseye rash. Unfortunately, delays in treatment, even only a few days, can result in a lifetime [...]
A new study published late last year has shown that a chronic deficiency of vitamin D can limit the production of B vitamins by our beneficial gut bacteria. More specifically, the researchers found that vitamin D deficiency caused a secondary pantothenic acid deficiency, known as vitamin B5. This B vitamin is important for normal production [...]
Genetic Parkinson's disease may benefit from niacin A 2016 study by Lehmann et al suggests that patients with a genetic form of Parkinson's disease may significantly benefit from the supplementation of niacin. In the body, niacin is converted into a compound called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), an enzyme used in the mitochondria of [...]
Diastasis recti Prolotherapy is an injection therapy that uses specific ingredients, such as dextrose, to create a localized inflammatory response at the site of injury. This results in a healing response that often does not occur in certain musculoskeletal tissues in adulthood. In a case report published this past September in the journal [...]
The latest trend in functional medicine is to test patients' genetics to help individualize treatment. Perhaps the most recognized example of this is the MTHFR test for methylation defects. Sites like MTHFR.net have helped to educate thousands of people on this. However, recent studies are also showing that the appropriate intake of nutrients can influence [...]
