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Dr. Baard's General Practice | Functional Medicine
What is Functional Medicine?
It goes by many names that you might have heard: integrative, personalized, natural, orthomolecular, regenerative and many more.
Despite the different names, the fundamental process that drives these disciplines are the same.
This process can best be summarized as that of individualized treatment and investigations aimed at identifying the cause.
Sometimes the best way to understand a concept is to view it as compared to its opposite
Conventional
Functional
Disease and pathology
Health and prevention
Treats
the symptoms
Treats
the cause
Reactive
Proactive
Standardized protocol
Individualized protocol
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