A link between stress and bone loss?  You bet. Check out this clinical tip on the mechanisms of this all-too-common dynamic. Practitioners know that exogenous glucocorticoid prescriptions are associated with a notable increase in fractures and appreciable reductions in bone density. Logic would dictate that elevations in endogenous glucocorticoids would carry the same risk.  But […]

(This is a sample entry from the SAFM Q&A Treasure Chest, a tool with hundreds of entries to support students with their client needs. Students get unlimited access as part of SAFM’s functional medicine training program.) Student Question: My client has terrible psoriasis on legs, arms, head, behind and now new break outs on lower […]

Here’s Part 2 of our Best Practices series on “soft” skills – practical tips, tricks, and substitutions to help your patients and clients get better, and, more importantly, stay better via sustainable lifestyle change. An introduction to the series and Part 1 which focuses on beverage swaps can be found here. Part 3 which focuses […]

Here at SAFM, we frequently affirm that the old adage “you are what you eat” is far from accurate.  Actually, our nutrition is what we eat, digest, absorb, convert to final forms, and get past the cell membrane (and where relevant, into a sensitive receptor!).  Nutrients don’t act independently.  This week’s clinical tip is an […]

Here’s Part 1 of our Best Practices series on the “soft” skills involved in helping your patients and clients get better, and, more importantly,  stay better. Part 2 – all about food – can be found here. Part 3 which focuses on movement can be found here. Helping someone to change their daily lifestyle choices is often […]

Hi! Although you may already be a savvy practitioner, I am certain you will learn something new in this video about ‘Labwork Missteps: Commonly Missed Opportunities for Practitioners.’ You’ll walk away with pages of notes and practical pearls you can use in your practice right away. Here is some of what we covered: Are you making […]

Hi! Although you may already be a savvy practitioner, I am certain you will learn something new in this video about ‘Gut-Brain-Pain Interconnectedness.’ You’ll walk away with pages of notes and practical pearls you can use in your practice right away. Here is some of what we covered: Famous for its role in mental health, few people […]

This Clinical Tip encourages practitioners to look for often unexplored evidence in typical “everyday” labwork – cues’n’clues – that commonly point to brewing disease dynamics. The markers in the ubiquitous Complete Blood Count (CBC) often hold more value beyond what is typically considered. Today, we explore MCV – Mean Corpuscular Volume – and what it […]

  Good day to you! Today we continue our celebration of AFMC-certified practitioners – and key clinical insights we can all take away from their excellent case study work. You will surely walk away with a string of pearls from this series. In this video, look for key insights about complex cases… Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Chronic […]

(This is a sample entry from the SAFM Q&A Treasure Chest, a tool with hundreds of entries to support students with their client needs. Students gain unlimited access as part of SAFM’s functional medicine training program.) Student Question: This is a patient who is 67, Dx rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.  Renal reconstruction surgery at age […]