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Understanding Lyme Disease: The Burden, Diagnosis, and Controversy

Chronic Lyme Disease

Demystifying Lyme Disease

Understanding, Diagnosing, & Treating This Mysterious Illness

The number of Lyme disease cases in the US is greater than breast cancer, yet its still widely misunderstood and misdiagnosed.

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Meet Veronica Porterfield

From Global Justice to Personal Healing

Meet Veronica Porterfield (MS, LN, MPAS, PA-C)

Meet RIFM’s newest provider: Veronica Porterfield, whose remarkable journey from global justice advocate to functional medicine expert brings hope to patients seeking root-cause solutions for complex chronic conditions.

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Lyme... Covid... Mold... Oh My!

The Puzzle of Chronic Illness — Unraveling the Truth

Discover the complex web of factors behind chronic illnesses like Lyme disease, long COVID, and mold toxicity. Dr. Richard Horowitz, a leading expert on…

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Healing Hypersensitivity

Understanding & Transforming Our Skyrocketing Sensitivity to Almost Everything

Why are so many people becoming hypersensitive to foods, chemicals … even technology? Dr. Neil Nathan believes that this isn’t a coincidence.

Paradigm Shift

Exploring the Impact of Mold & CIRS on Medicine

It would be difficult to overstate how dramatically my medical practice has been influenced by CIRS—not because I went looking for it…

Superpower or Supersyndrome? | Part 2

Hypermobility & Chronic Health Issues

Connecting the Dots between Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Disease, & POTS

If a syndrome is a condition associated with a cluster of symptoms, a supersyndrome is a group of related conditions often seen together.

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Inflammation

The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease

Inflammation is a normal response of our body’s immune system … but it can sometimes run amok, leading to all kinds of problems.

Chronic Health Issues

Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Disease

Addressing the Seismic Rise in Chronic Health Issues

Chronic health issues (autoimmune & autoinflammatory) are now the most common medical problems we deal with. How can you protect yourself?

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The Mysterious History of Lyme Disease (And How Functional Medicine Approaches It)

A timeline of this tick-borne illness—and why modern medicine is failing those who suffer