We are all given names at birth, and we spend our lives in society naming things, disitnguishing different people, principles, approaches, and practices. That process applies to medical fields. We separate pediatrics, the care of children, from other fields, like Internal Medicine (for adults) or Family Medicine (for everyone). We then go further into specialties…
The exposome is the total load of chemicals good and bad that we are exposed to in daily life, and it continues to make headlines with a study showing that flares of rheumatoid arthritis joint inflammation may be triggered by increased levels of particulate matter in our air. Having found connections linking the development of…
So, when everything’s going well, you may think, “Oh, I can just kind of go about my business, there are no problems, I just keep going, and I don’t really need to listen to my body that much unless it really screams at me.” Well, in reality, for those who are struggling with chronic health…
If a heart health headline gets your attention on a regular basis, you are a veteran of many, many mixed messages, but we can all agree that more berries with more flavanols will lower heart risk. Yes, the debate over carbs and fats (particularly cholesterols) rages, but large studies like the COSMOS study make a…
Every parent knows the quiet anxiety of the late-night search engine spiral. You sit in the dark, typing your child’s symptoms into a search bar, looking for answers to chronic eczema flares, sudden behavioral shifts, or painful digestive issues. Too often, the traditional medical route offers a standard cycle of quick fixes: a stronger steroid…
Don’t let a conventional doctor dismiss your questions about B vitamins and your fatigue, not after reading this study from Japan. While there are literally hundreds of medical reasons for someone to feel tired, studies like this suggest that we should keep B12 and Folate in that list rather than just blame a stressful lifestyle…
COVID Wakes Up Viruses and Bacteria We can agree with a microbiologist at Rutgers that “this is an aspect of long COVID that is not talked about a lot,” in reference to the coinfections that travel with COVID 19. This news comes as no surprise to functional medicine doctors who have been treating Lyme coinfections…
Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness. Eric PotterDr. Eric Potter graduated from Vanderbilt…
Apparently, various endurance exercise habits train not only your muscles and cardio but also your immune system’s natural killer cells. Who would have thought that pushing through a few miles on the trails or on the bike would help train immune cells to keep balance in the later years? Earlier studies often indicated that after…
While advancing computer technology brings us opportunities to improve medical care both for research and for individual patients, it also presents new choices to make about how we deliver health care. This technology crosses new horizons, allowing us to process vast amounts of medical data, for both large groups of people and individuals. This data…