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Means practices functional medicine in Portland, Oregon. [3] In 2019, she co-founded the digital health company Levels Health, which produces a continuous glucose monitor . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Casey and Calley Means co-authored the 2024 book Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health .
Functional medicine (FM) is a form of alternative medicine that encompasses a number of unproven and disproven methods and treatments. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has been described as pseudoscience, [ 4 ] quackery , [ 5 ] and at its essence a rebranding of complementary and alternative medicine. [ 5 ]
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is a United States government agency which explores complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It was initially created in 1991 as the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), and renamed the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) before receiving its current name in 2014. [1]
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation advising against using vitamin D to prevent falls and fractures in people over 60. Pharmacist Katy Dubinsky weighs in.
The terms alternative medicine, complementary medicine, integrative medicine, holistic medicine, natural medicine, unorthodox medicine, fringe medicine, unconventional medicine, and new age medicine are used interchangeably as having the same meaning and are almost synonymous in most contexts.
Functional medicine uses various testing, depending on symptoms, including genetic testing, bloodwork, urine analysis, stool analysis, etc., and makes recommendations based on those findings, which include changes in diet and exercise, the addition of supplements, prescription or OTC medications, psychotherapy, etc.
Vagus nerve stimulation therapy improved the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression for nearly 500 participants in a major clinical trial.
Hyman is a proponent of functional medicine, a controversial form of alternative medicine. [8] [9] He is the board president of clinical affairs of the Institute for Functional Medicine. [5] [10] [11] He was the editor-in-chief of, and is a contributing editor to, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal. [12]