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Psych Meds: Friend or Foe? The Genecept Assay

One out of 6 Americans reading this takes a psychiatric medication and 31 percent of Americans have a close family member or friend who has been diagnosed with mental illness. Psychiatric medications are some of the least understood medications prescribed and often are incompatible with the genetic make-up of an individual. Dosing of psychiatric medications …

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Functional Genomics for Oncology and Weight Loss

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2018 Insurance Coverage Update for Acupuncture

Does My Insurance Cover Acupuncture? Open enrollment ends on December 15 and very few consumers evaluate acupuncture coverage when choosing a health plan.  You may not even be aware that your health insurance covers acupuncture. If you have one of the plans listed below and live in Southern California, then you have acupuncture coverage. Natural …

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Alkaline Water gets the PubMed Treatment (It Works!)

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Last week history was made in scientific literature: “Alkaline Water” was mentioned in the title of a peer reviewed, US based scientific journal article for the first time since 1924. Spoiler alert: alkaline water and the Mediterranean diet are more effective than proton pump inhibitors (PPI’s) like …

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