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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

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Functional Health: What Is It, and How Does it Apply to Health Coaching?

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Functional Medicine

The Importance of Social Connection for Functional Medicine Practitioners

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Mental Health

Functional Psychiatry: Treating Common Conditions with the Functional Approach

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Functional Medicine

Help Clients Recover from Lyme Disease with Diet and Nutrition

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Practice Management

12 Time Management Strategies for Your Functional Medicine Practice

Functional Medicine

Nutritional Support for Dementia and Alzheimer’s

Functional Medicine

How Stress Contributes to SIBO

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Functional Medicine

How to Treat Hypertension without Prescription Drugs

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Functional Medicine

Five Thyroid Patterns That Won’t Show Up on Standard Lab Tests

Health Coaching

The Fundamental Problem with Most Nutrition Research

Mental Health

Are Videophilia and Nature Disconnect Harming Our Health?

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Functional Medicine

Biofilm: What It Is and How to Treat It

Functional Medicine

Colon Cancer Screening: What Are the Options?

Practice Management

The Epidemic of Physician Burnout

Functional Medicine

Is There a Gut–Kidney Axis?

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Women's Health

Environmental Factors Affecting Sperm Count

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Functional Medicine

The Functional Medicine Approach to Prostatitis

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Functional Medicine

The Gut–Hormone Connection: How Gut Microbes Influence Estrogen Levels

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Functional Medicine

Antibiotics: Risks and Alternatives

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