Yoon Hang Kim MD

Board certified preventive medicine physician. University of Arizona fellowship grad. 20+ years prescribing LDN for chronic pain, autoimmune conditions & complex cases. Author. International speaker. Helping patients find answers.

The Double-Edged Sword of Vitamins: Deficiency, Functional Insufficiency, Therapeutic Dosing, and Toxicity

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The Double-Edged Sword of Vitamins: Deficiency, Functional Insufficiency, Therapeutic Dosing, and Toxicity

CHAPTER Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine Integrative & Functional Medicine University of Arizona Osher Fellow | UCLA Medical Acupuncture | IFM Scholar “The dose makes the poison.” — Paracelsus (1493–1541) Abstract Vitamins are among the most widely consumed supplements in the world, yet the cultural assumption that

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Folate, Folic Acid, and Folinic Acid - Biochemistry, Clinical Pharmacology, and Integrative Applications

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Folate, Folic Acid, and Folinic Acid - Biochemistry, Clinical Pharmacology, and Integrative Applications

CHAPTER Folate, Folic Acid, and Folinic Acid Biochemistry, Clinical Pharmacology, and Integrative Applications A Comprehensive Review for Clinicians, Researchers, and Students Prepared for Academic Publication Abstract Vitamin B9 exists in three distinct forms that are frequently, and incorrectly, treated as interchangeable. Folate refers to the naturally occurring reduced tetrahydrofolate derivatives

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Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) Toxicity: Potential Role of LDN

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Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) Toxicity: Potential Role of LDN

Clinical Recognition, Diagnostic Workup, Evidence-Based Management,and Functional Medicine Considerations Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified, Preventive MedicineIntegrative & Functional Medicine Table of Contents Introduction Vitamin B6, a collective term encompassing pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine and their phosphorylated derivatives, plays an indispensable role in human biochemistry. As the

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Rapamycin (found in Rapa Nui or Easter Island) Beyond Transplant Medicine: Longevity, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, and Autoimmune Disease Through a Functional Medicine Lens

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Rapamycin (found in Rapa Nui or Easter Island) Beyond Transplant Medicine: Longevity, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, and Autoimmune Disease Through a Functional Medicine Lens

Yoon Hang "John" Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Abstract Rapamycin (sirolimus), an mTOR inhibitor originally developed for transplant immunosuppression, has emerged as the most extensively studied pharmacologic candidate for mammalian lifespan extension and is now being explored for immune dysregulation conditions

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A CLINICAL DISCUSSION: Hormone Replacement Therapy After Breast Cancer A Multidisciplinary Case Discussion

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A CLINICAL DISCUSSION: Hormone Replacement Therapy After Breast Cancer A Multidisciplinary Case Discussion

BY Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH ◆   ◆   ◆ When Standard Guidance Meets Unusual Biology HYPOTHETICAL CASE DISCUSSION For educational and clinical reasoning purposes only EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Question at the Center of This Case A postmenopausal woman with a complex breast cancer history sits at the intersection of three competing risks: progressive

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