Category: Medicine
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Navigating Life Beyond Diagnosis: The Power of Health & Wellness Coaching in Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s
Receiving a diagnosis like Alzheimer’s, dementia, or Parkinson’s disease can feel like the ground is shifting beneath your feet. For patients and their families, the immediate aftermath is often filled with medical jargon, specialist appointments, and a lingering sense of helplessness. While medical treatments are essential, they typically focus on managing pathology. What happens to…
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Functional Medicine in Modern Medicine
Functional medicine emerged in the early 1990s as a response to the growing burden of chronic illness in modern healthcare. Biochemist Jeffrey Bland and his wife, Susan Bland, founded the Institute for Functional Medicine in 1991, establishing a framework designed to treat the root causes of disease rather than merely suppressing symptoms. Rooted in systems…
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Brain Under Anesthesia: Why surgical sedation is nothing like real sleep
ATLANTA — Millions of patients undergoing surgery each year are told they will be gently put to sleep, but medical experts emphasize that general anesthesia is a far cry from a typical nap. While natural sleep is a dynamic, highly organized state where the brain cycles through restorative stages and consolidates memories, general anesthesia is…
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