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Beyond LDL Cholesterol: Why Your Lipid Testing Strategy Determines Whether Statin Therapy Is Worth the Risk

Beyond LDL Cholesterol: Why Your Lipid Testing Strategy Determines Whether Statin Therapy Is Worth the Risk Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician www.directintegrativecare.com One of the most consequential—and underappreciated—decisions in preventive cardiology is not whether to recommend

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Why a "Normal" Cholesterol Report Can Still Miss Part of Your Heart Risk

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician www.directintegrativecare.com If you have had your cholesterol checked and been told the numbers look fine, that is usually good news—and for many people, it is the whole story. But for a specific

Why Autoimmune Disease Affects Women More Often Than Men -Hormonal, Chromosomal, and Immunologic Mechanisms — and What the Evidence Does and Does Not Support

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Disclaimer This article is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It summarizes published research on sex differences in autoimmune disease and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or guide individual clinical

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Klotho and Cardiovascular Disease:What the Evidence Supports, and What It Does Not

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Medical Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The information presented reflects current preclinical and early clinical research and should not be used as a substitute for professional

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Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN) as an Adjunct in PANS/PANDAS:Mechanistic Rationale, Pediatric Safety Data, and Clinical Considerations

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Medical Disclaimer This article is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before starting any new treatment, including low-dose naltrexone. Nothing in this

Navigating Supplement and Medication Sequencing in ME/CFS-MCAS Overlap:A Framework for the Sensitive Member

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The information presented reflects a clinical decision-making framework and should not be used as a substitute for individualized care from

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Pharmacogenomics and Naltrexone:Can Your Genes Predict How You Respond?

What the Emerging Research Tells Us — and What It Doesn't — About Genetic Influences on Naltrexone Response, Including Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Medical Disclaimer: This article is for educational and informational purposes only and

Microdosing Tirzepatide (GLP-1) for MCAS: A Hypothesis Worth Testing — But Not Yet Proven

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Few topics in the MCAS world have generated as much excitement — and as much premature confidence — as the idea of using GLP-1 receptor agonists at sub-therapeutic doses to calm mast cell activation. Social

Endorphins: Biochemistry, Bioregulation, and Clinical Levers

By Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Most people know endorphins as the "feel-good" chemicals behind a runner's high. But endorphins are far more than a post-workout reward signal—they are potent endogenous opioid peptides

10 Evidence-Based Ways to Naturally Increase Your Endorphins

10 Evidence-Based Ways to Naturally Increase Your Endorphins By Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Endorphins are among the most powerful natural molecules your body produces — and yet most people have only a vague sense of what they actually are

Potentiating Low Dose Naltrexone: The Case for Adjunctive TLR4 Inhibition

Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Low dose naltrexone (LDN) has become a cornerstone tool in integrative and functional medicine for autoimmune disease, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and a growing list of neuroinflammatory conditions. Most clinicians who

LDN Primer Follow-Up: What to Do When LDN Causes Side Effects

LDN Primer Follow-Up: What to Do When LDN Causes Side Effects A companion piece to the LDN Primer book, exploring how side effects are actually managed in clinical practice. LDN Primer Link: One of the questions I hear most often from readers of my LDN Primer book — and from

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