Welcome to the third in our special series sharing insights and recent research from the MEDMAPS 2023 Spring Conference attended by Dr. Potter. MAPS stands for Medical Academy for Pediatric Special Needs and arose from the original Defeat Autism Now organization initially serving parents and providers caring for children with autism spectrum disorder). This Spring…
Welcome to the third in our special series sharing insights and recent research from the MEDMAPS 2023 Spring Conference attended by Dr. Potter. MAPS stands for Medical Academy for Pediatric Special Needs and arose from the original Defeat Autism Now organization initially serving parents and providers caring for children with autism spectrum disorder). This Spring…
Proverbs 14:10 ESV The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+14%3A10&version=ESV] No matter how well someone knows you, ultimately they are a different person. Nobody can literally feel somebody else’s happiness or somebody else’s bitterness; nobody can quite grasp the fullness of somebody else’s emotions. Sympathy, empathy, psychopathy, it…
Welcome to the first in our special series sharing insights and recent research from the MEDMAPS 2023 Spring Conference attended by Dr. Potter. MAPS stands for Medical Academy for Pediatric Special Needs and arose from the original Defeat Autism Now organization initially serving parents and providers caring for children with autism spectrum disorder). This Spring…
Welcome to the first in our special series sharing insights and recent research from the MEDMAPS 2023 Spring Conference attended by Dr. Potter. MAPS stands for Medical Academy for Pediatric Special Needs and arose from the original Defeat Autism Now organization initially serving parents and providers caring for children with autism spectrum disorder). This…
Proverbs 14:9 ESV Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+14%3A9&version=ESV] Getting a gift you really wanted- the next book in your favorite series, two hours extra of sleep, etc.- is an occasion of joy. Most people, when they open such a gift or understand its reality, are glad, accepting…
A regular mental exercise routine of reading the latest research keeps a functional medicine doctor like myself sharp and able to apply the latest research findings to the care of patients. Without reading and writing these articles, my mental muscles could get rusty and stiff. This weekly habit is great and all, but now and…
Medical research boasts thousands upon thousands of studies which prove common sense. In this case, researchers wanted to confirm that improved air quality in Stockholm, Sweden, during a person’s childhood would lead to improved lung function into adulthood. While this seems hardly worth the time and effort to prove, such studies justify policy changes and…
Proverbs 14:8 ESV The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+14%3A8&version=ESV] “Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit,” says Matthew 15:14, and Christ isn’t talking about literal blind men here. He’s…
We live in depressed and anxious world today. With the increasing isolation and abounding fear intensified with the events of 2020, more and more are facing depression and anxiety as a part of daily life. The hope of recovery in conventional medicine has long resorted to either medications or admonitions to pull oneself by their…