Head of Nutrition Opportunity

Join Forces with a Functional Medicine Team Forging a New Path – Head Of Nutrition Opportunity Sanctuary Functional Medicine is looking for a Licensed Nutritionist or Registered Dietitian who demonstrates a strong passion and eagerness to excel in Functional Health and integrative medicine and who wants to specialize in learning to treat complex chronic illnesses.  This…

NP or PA Employment Opportunity

Join Forces with a Functional Medicine Team Forging a New Path – Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. The Opportunity Sanctuary Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant who is searching for an opportunity to excel in their medical knowledge, live out their compassion for others, and to multiply their impact in a team-based apprenticeship setting. You…

Houston Hurricane Air Quality

Hurricane Harvey’s arrival in Houston left a lasting impression.  There were the obvious impacts:  Homes and businesses were destroyed, and lives were lost.  There were also invisible impacts:  flood damaged buildings and possessions grew mold and apparently, yet more toxins touched people’s lives.  Other articles have addressed the mold toxins in the water damaged Houston,…

Pathogenic Hide and Seek

In the world of functional medicine, we deal with numerous occult infections.  Viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi can sometimes find great hiding places in our bodies preventing our immune surveillance from eradicating them.  Medical scientists must admit that even pharmaceuticals like antivirals and antibiotics may leave behind these hiding infectious agents.  To fully eradicate these…

Other Biotoxins – Cyanobacteria and Algae Blooms

Mold and Lyme garner greater attention from both chronically ill patients and functional medicine practitioners, but they are not alone in the biotoxin world.  Spider bites and bartonella, the bacteria behind cat scratch disease, are also generally recognized as triggers for the Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS).  Lesser attention, however, is paid to toxic algae…