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Functional Medicine

Why Will the Flu Be Worse This Season?

Influenza is a viral, upper respiratory tract infection that typically, in any given season, affects about 25%…

How Far Science Has Progressed (Since I Was In Medical School!)

When I first started medical school in 1996, genes were all the rage. We were expecting, with…

A Time to Heighten Awareness About Alzheimer’s Disease

November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating neurological condition that mainly affects elderly individuals….

Vitamin D Drops Sunshine Vitamin

If You Only Take One Supplement, It Should Be Vitamin D—Here’s Why

Vitamin D: The supernutrient that fights COVID (and almost every other malady, too!)

What Is Long COVID

Dealing With Long COVID

We’ve gone over what Long COVID is and some risk factors… now let’s talk about some solutions.

What Is Long COVID

Dealing With Long COVID

Dr. Aaron Hartman explains the risk factors that increase the likelihood of Post COVID-19 Syndrome, including environmental, inflammation & nutritional factors.

What Is Long COVID

Dealing With Long COVID

In Part 1 of our Long COVID series, Dr. Hartman explains what Long COVID is… and how doctors can help.

GI Tract Function & Health – Where It All Begins

In part three of this series on gastroenterology, Dr. Hartman introduces his Gut Health protocol: the 5R Program.

GI Tract Function & Health – Where It All Begins

In part two of this series on gastroenterology, Dr. Hartman discusses what happens when things go wrong. How do malfunctions in this complex system relate to our health and affect our health?

Foundations of Functional Medicine: Episode 1

In this episode, Dr. Hartman of Richmond Integrative and Functional Medicine shares part of his, and his family’s, story that led him to pursue functional and integrative medicine training and to open his functional medical practice.

Evidence Based Medicine: A Critical Look

What is Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)? How it was meant to be used? How is it currently used? What are it’s foibles and flaws? And how we move forward? Unless you know how the evidence in medicine is defined and utilized, it is easy to get confused about what the word evidence means and how it is used in patient care.

Functional Medicine: A Primer

While we are increasingly hearing more about inflammation, few of us understand the good purposes inflammation plays in our body or when those good purposes move to dysfunction.

Presentation: Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

The embedded presentation was originally delivered at Heartfest Richmond on August 26, 2017

woman suffering from Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Treatment Options from an Integrative & Functional Medicine Perspective

Just as the causes and associated triggers for CF/FMS are diverse, so are the treatments. The ultimate goal is to address the underlying root causes and let your body reboot itself.