by KI | Sep 17, 2026 | Blog, Essentials of Functional Medicine
Every clinical discipline has a foundation that determines how well everything built on top of it holds together. In functional medicine, that foundation is not a list of supplements or a set of lab panels. It is a way of thinking about the body as an integrated...
by KI | Sep 16, 2026 | Blog, Bone and Joint
A common practitioner mistake: treating osteoporosis based entirely on DEXA scan results, then waiting two to five years to find out whether the intervention worked. By then, significant additional bone loss may have already occurred. The Kharrazian Institute’s...
by KI | Sep 15, 2026 | Blog, Bone and Joint
Most practitioners order a comprehensive metabolic panel, a lipid panel, thyroid labs, and maybe inflammatory markers. Few order a DEXA scan or grip strength assessment. Yet research in gerontology consistently shows that muscle mass, independent of body fat and...
by Kharrazian Institute | Sep 15, 2026 | Blog
When was the last time you used an AI tool in your practice? Did it go well? Or did it give lackluster results, leading you to quickly abandon it as a viable solution? According to Dr. Sunjya Schweig, many functional medicine practitioners have tried using general AI...
by KI | Sep 14, 2026 | Blog, Headaches
Migraines are not a single disease. They are the final output of a brain under chronic metabolic, inflammatory, or neurological stress — and treating only the acute attack leaves every upstream driver intact. This is the clinical gap Dr. Datis Kharrazian addresses...
by KI | Sep 13, 2026 | Blog, Headaches
Most practitioners treating chronic migraine patients are managing a neurological symptom while missing a metabolic disease. The trigeminal vascular system gets the attention. Brain glucose metabolism, mitochondrial output, and insulin signaling rarely do. Dr. Datis...
