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Home | Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine

The Future of Healthcare

Functional medicine is a new model of medicine that is neither “conventional” nor “alternative.” It is a combination of the best elements of both, and it represents the future of medicine. Functional medicine is:

  • Investigative. It addresses symptoms by focusing on the underlying cause of the problem, which leads to more profound and longer-lasting results.
  • Holistic. Envisions the body as an interconnected whole that is in dynamic relationship to its environment and recognizes the importance of these connections in health and disease.
  • Patient-centered. It treats the patient, not the disease. Treatments are highly individualized based on patient needs.

Complete Functional Medicine Model

Kresser Institute’s one-year training program is based not just on medical theory, but on a complete functional medicine approach to care from the moment the patient walks through your door through the completion of treatment. You can learn more and experience some of our training by signing up for our free 10-part “IN PRACTICE” Practitioner Success Series.

Functional Medicine

When the Allergy Panel Doesn’t Explain the Whole Picture: A Case Study in Root-Cause Pediatric Allergy Care

Functional Medicine

The 2026 Dyslipidemia Guidelines Are Here — What They Mean for Women’s Cardiovascular Risk in Your Practice

Mental Health

ADHD in Adulthood: Why Perimenopause Brings It to the Surface

Case Study

Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Practice: When the Fasting Labs Do Not Tell the Whole Story

Hormone Disorders

SHBG: The Most Misread Marker in Hormone Panels

Digestive Disorders

The Estrobolome: What Gut Dysbiosis Is Doing to Your Patients’ Estrogen

Blood Sugar Disorders

Fasting Insulin: The Earliest Marker of Metabolic Dysfunction Most Practitioners Never Order

Functional Medicine

Six Questions to Ask Any Functional Medicine Training Program Before You Enroll

Functional Medicine

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Chronic Illness: A Functional Medicine Approach to Cellular Support

Autoimmune Disorders

The Functional Workup Before the Rheumatologist: Catching Autoimmunity in the Pre-Clinical Window

Functional Medicine

GLP-1 Agonists and Hormone Health: What Functional Practitioners Need to Know

Functional Medicine

The Art of Clinical Sequencing: Why Protocol Order Matters More Than Protocol Content

Women's Health

Postmenopausal Recurrent UTIs: A Root Cause Approach for Clinicians

Autoimmune Disorders

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance: A Functional Medicine Perspective

Podcasts

How To Get Comprehensive Bloodwork and Actually Understand the Results

Functional Medicine

Homocysteine: The Underordered Cardiovascular Risk Marker Your Patients Need You to Check

Health Systems

Functional Medicine

Thinking Functionally: Why Protocols Aren’t Enough in Complex Care

Case Study

When Headaches, Fatigue and Autoimmune Flares Are Really a Mast Cell Activation Problem

Heart Disease

Cardiovascular Risk Screening in Functional Medicine: CIMT, CAC, and Coronary CT Angiography

Women's Health

Estrogen Dominance Is Not a Diagnosis, It Is a Pattern

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