Dr. Eric Potter graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School and then went on to specialize in internal medicine (adult) and pediatric care, spending significant time and effort in growing his medical understanding while caring for patients from all walks of life.
COVID 19 has relatively spared children from the most severe complications and death but a very tiny number get a severe complication called multi-system inflammatory response (MIS-C). For these children, they experience the hyper inflammation with life threatening complications. Sometimes 4 to 6 weeks after an otherwise mild infection, these children start with fever, abdominal…
Ever feel like you are living in the crazy house with how many times the story keeps changing about COVID antibodies? They do protect, they don’t protect. Antibody plasma works, it doesn’t work. Antibodies do last, they don’t last. Other coronavirus antibodies don’t cross react and protect, and now they do. Would you just like…
Profiting Rightly Treasure which we cannot hold deserves not our interest. When the day of testing comes and the riches dissipate, the wicked will have no profit. In that day, righteousness will deliver what riches could not. Even death cannot steal the reward. Seek the reward which endures. Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction…
While the adverse health effects of mold are under-recognized by the general public, the situation with insurance coverage for mold remediation might be even less so. As houses become more and more energy efficient, the risk for humidity or other water sources to build up and encourage mold growth in a house increases. Once someone…
Science lives on as the discipline which never runs out of questions, especially for COVID19. While true for every worthy scientific endeavor, the persisting syndrome of Long Hauler COVID promises a litany of questions to answer for years to come. The acute disease was threatening enough, but the ongoing symptoms for many with Long Hauler…
Which Guide Will You Follow? How often have you sought guidance? If you have not done so, you might be more foolish than you realize. If you have sought guidance, what kind of guidance do you desire? Do you seek guidance which deceives? Of course not. You seek integrity. If you seek such integrity outside…
With the growing epidemic of autism spectrum disorder in children, countless researchers are searching for the genes and pathways which lead to what we call autism. This paper describes how two proteins, Cullin 3 and Plastin 3 contribute to the failure of certain brain cells to find their destination in brain development. In the mouse…
So many are asking if their mild COVID 19 infection protects them from getting the disease again. Some want to know if they still need a vaccine. Some just want to know if they are safe to venture out of their self-imposed bubble. Science wants to provide definitive answers rather than guesses so researchers have…
Pride Comes Before the Fall We have heard of how the prideful tend to fall from their highest points. Look behind the curtain and see why this is true. We are but fleeting shadows on the grand stage of a universe larger than our comprehension and deeper in complexity than we can contain in our…
L-theanine finds itself in many patient programs at Sanctuary. It has a track track record in clinical care at our office. For patients needing something to relax whether to help with sleep or just settle anxiety, this non-essential amino acid works through GABA and alpha waves to both relax and improve cognitive function. Our bodies…