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Our services are all based in an integrative approach. Functional medicine is a real paradigm shift in the practice of health care. Instead of the traditional disease-centered focus of conventional medicine, functional medicine practitioners apply a patient-centered approach that addresses the whole person–not simply isolated symptoms.

Health Tips

micronutrient blood test
A GENUINELY USEFUL BLOOD TEST

Many a time, either in person or via phone, someone will say a variation of the following, “Look, I’m taking all these vitamins and minerals but I really don’t know what I’m doing. I think I’m eating right but I might have some vitamin or mineral deficiencies that I know nothing about. I really don’t […]

Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity
NON-CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY

Here’s a diagnosis that doctors only started thinking about as recently as the 1980’s and now, decades later, although there are now plenty of gluten free items available both in grocery stores and on restaurant menus, doctors are still arguing about its existence. Many don’t even mention it to their patients with irritable bowel syndrome. “Why […]

Smiling senior couple embracing in cozy sweaters, representing healthy aging and vitality—WholeHealth Chicago logo on a red background.
CHANGING ‘ANTI-AGING’ TO ‘HEALTHY LONGEVITY’

We’re living in a time of major, worldwide breakthroughs when it comes to understanding how we age and also the steps we can take to not only slow down aging, but even reverse it a bit. A reader suggested she was tired of the term ‘anti-aging’. She wasn’t against ‘aging’, and in fact, rather enjoyed […]

Smiling senior couple embracing in cozy sweaters, representing healthy aging and vitality—WholeHealth Chicago logo on a red background.
Ozone Therapy Explained: How It Works and Why More Doctors Are Using It

If you’ve been to one of our centers, I’m sure you’ve seen the large leather recliner chairs, often containing a patient, busy on their smartphone, tablet or reading a book while on the receiving end of an intravenous drip. Over the next few Health Tips, I’ll be talking about what these infusions are used for […]

A tired woman holding her head, possibly experiencing symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency.
VITAMIN B-12: OUR MOST POTENT VITAMIN 

Over the years of writing Health Tips, I was surprised to discover that one I’d written a few years ago about Vitamin B 12 Deficiency had received the most comments and questions from readers. Since there have been some interesting developments in both the diagnosis and treatment of B12 deficiency, and since B12 deficiency remains […]

underdiagnosed hypothyroidism
WHEN YOU’RE NOT GETTING HELP WITH YOUR THYROID

Let’s start with two thyroid facts: The diagnosis of hypothyroidism (low levels of thyroid hormone) is missed by most physicians. Patients arrive with obvious symptoms of hypothyroidism every doctor learned in medical school: sensitivity to cold, hair loss, weight gain, dry skin, fatigue, constipation, depression, irregular periods, and infertility. The doctor listens, sometimes attentively, and […]

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