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Functional medicine testing is not to just isolate a disorder, but to determine a pattern behind a condition, and understand what stressors make it worse.

The importance of getting your diet right for overall health. The New Year is a great time to make changes. Suggestions for different types of diets.

In today’s power hour we discuss menopause. Before going on hormone replacement therapy, it is important for women to consider the risks. By supporting the clearance of hormones in the liver, by choosing bio-identical hormones, and by using delivery routes besides oral, a woman can decrease her risks of adverse events like heart disease from hormone replacement therapy. Many women realize that menopause is a natural process, and choose not to use HRT to decrease symptoms. Liver health is important for these women as well, and phyto-estrogens may be helpful for them as well. To prepare for peri-menopause, adrenal support can help prepare these glands to take over sex hormone production as ovarian function decreases. In reproductive age women, PCOS is the most common disease, although this poorly defined and probably includes multiple causes that have similar symptoms. Women need a thorough workup including all sex hormones, adrenal function, and metabolic markers to properly address the underlying cause of their hormone imbalances.

Discussion of  autoimmune disease, with an emphasis on lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. 50 million Americans have been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and they discuss the myths, fears, and hope that is available in treating and managing these diseases with integrative medicine. They discuss how the thyroid, gut, diet, and hormones all play a significant role in the development of autoimmune disease and how supporting them can help provide the best health care for patients. With Dr. Jenna Davis and Dr. Gez Agolli

Known as the great imitator Lyme disease has become increasingly common as the offender for a variety of symptoms and co-infections that people face. Symptoms can include joint pain, muscle pain, fatigue, malaise, gastrointestinal upset, anxiety, depression, poor concentration, and neurological symptoms.

NAD+ Therapy involves a high dose intravenous infusion of NAD+ that goes straight into the bloodstream. IV therapy allows NAD+ to bypass the digestive system for better absorption. NAD+ works rapidly to repair cells throughout the body and neurons in the brain.

On today’s Progressive Medical Hour of Power, Dr. Agolli talks about depression and the profound impact it is having on our world today. What is depression? What causes it? How do we treat it? Is there a better way? Do depression and its treatments have anything to do with the current plague of tragic gun violence - and if so, what can we do about it? These questions and more are addressed with special guests, naturopathic physician Dr. James Munro and attorney and author KrisAnne Hall.

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