Functional Medicine: A Holistic Approach to Health

 In Western medicine, we have many specialists—each with their own area of expertise. When you go to your family doctor with a complaint, you will be referred to the specialist that deals with that health issue. Functional medicine doctors prefer to look at whole picture. They believe all your health

Healthwise: Are you treating the symptoms or the cause?

 I once knew a man who complained of chronic headaches. He managed his ailment with multiple daily doses of acetaminophen or ibuprofen.  After months of suffering, he lamented the state of his health over lunch.  We questioned the fellow and came to identify the fact that he never drank water.