Functional Medicine

What Is Whole-Systems Biology? Children’s bodies are dynamic and rapidly developing, with their physical, mental, and emotional systems evolving simultaneously. When a child develops a chronic health condition, a whole-systems biology perspective can help to: Identify Root Causes: Symptoms in one ... Read More

An Invaluable Part of Navigating Your Child's Healing Journey Working with an integrative, functional or root-cause oriented practitioner can be invaluable while navigating your child’s healing journey. Rather than simply addressing symptoms, it allows you to focus on uncovering and ... Read More

Learn more about our recommendations for our top five supplements for anxiety: Magnesium, GABA, cannabidiol (CBD), vitamin D and probiotics; all of this is backed up by peer-reviewed medical literature that you'll find below under "Sources & References". Plus, you'll ... Read More

Parent advocate Alyssa Davi explains the risks of anesthesia and autism in this article. Why Some Types of Anesthesia Can Be Harmful The purpose of this article is to highlight the medical issues surrounding anesthesia and autism so parents are ... Read More

In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer reviews the integrated medicine approach of Leo Galland MD, author of The Four Pillars of Healing. Being in Balance Is Healing Once every few years a book comes along that is destined to ... Read More

In this blog post, Executive Director Beth Lambert has a big idea for helping children heal from autism, ADHD, asthma and more. I have an idea about how we can heal our children. It's a great idea. No, it's a ... Read More

Mainstream Medicine Has Little to Offer for Chronic Illnessess While we would love to list organizations and healing modalities that are backed by leading medical institutions such as the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, or Mt. Sinai, the truth is ... Read More

Regression Into Autism Syler was born with autoimmune neutropenia and a urinary tract infection (UTI). He was under observation for a couple weeks to see if his white blood cells went up on their own, but first they put a ... Read More

At a three-year-old well visit, Ben’s pediatrician diagnosed him with Pervasive Development Disorder, an autism spectrum disorder. His mother was told, “You have to find a way to wrap your head around this. A kid like him, if we are ... Read More

Anthony was 3-1/2, and he still had no words. That's how this story always starts out... He had been in speech therapy since he was 18 months old, and he started occupational therapy when he was 2. He was diagnosed ... Read More