Case study involving a 38-year-old male who suffered from idiopathic gastrointestinal pain of unknown origin. Through an integrative and functional medicine approach, including the use of Metametrix laboratory testing, key pieces of his case were brought to light... [More]

Ever have one of those days where you just can’t seem to get it together, where you go through the entire day making silly mistakes like forgetting your purse or wallet at home, wearing one black sock with one navy sock... [More]

A year ago one of my colleagues blogged about Volatile Solvents and the Gulf Oil Spill, this week marks almost one year to the date that the oil spill was capped. Unfortunately, we don’t hear too much in the news... [More]

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has issued its 5th annual guide to sunscreen products and only found 20% of products to be ‘safe.’ Over 10% of products were found to be highly dangerous. Though some industry leaders question the EWGs techniques, because they use ‘new’ science, the industry likes the older science because it is less likely to find issues with the safety of their products... [More]

Summertime is synonymous with energy! And when considering energy in relation to whole health, we owe a special debt of gratitude to mitochondria, our cellular power houses. Not only is the mitochondria responsible for pumping out vast amounts of energy necessary to sustain life, it’s also... [More]

Glutathione status is one of the most needed, but elusive clinical assessments. Becoming expert in reading the markers related to glutathione physiology in a profile of organic acids can shed considerable light on the question... [More]

There is an experiment that I would like to do. It’s very simple. Have parents collect urine specimens from their children 10 days after they are immunized or 10 days after their 1- to 2-year-old child’s temperature peaks from a viral infection. Send 5000 such samples to a laboratory for... [More]