INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY EVIDENCE REVIEW Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH | Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Direct Integrative Care | Membership-Based Integrative Medicine Practice Introduction: A Question of Risk — and Nuance Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) occupies a contested space in oncology. Patients increasingly seek it — surveys
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. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to any medication regimen. Never abruptly discontinue a beta-blocker without
LDN MCAS
Introduction: The Client Who Cannot Tolerate What Should Help In integrative medicine, we are trained to believe that low-dose naltrexone (LDN) is gentle. Compared to full-dose naltrexone at 50 mg, a dose of 0.1 mg or even 1 mg seems trivially small. The standard clinical teaching is
LDN Pharmacogenenomics
Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has become one of the most versatile tools in integrative medicine, with applications spanning autoimmune disease, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and neuroinflammation. Yet clinicians who prescribe LDN frequently observe a puzzling pattern:
A Functional Medicine Model for Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Brain Fog, and Sleep Disruption — And Why Matching Dose to Physiology Matters More Than Protocol Yoon Hang "John" Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Lecture Transcript — LDN Research Trust Webinar Introduction Good afternoon,
Elevated Liver Enzymes
By Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician www.directintegrativecare.com Medical Disclaimer: This article is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to replace a consultation with a qualified healthcare professional. Always
endometriosis
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. Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) is used off-label for the conditions discussed. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before starting
crps
Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Abstract Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a debilitating neuroinflammatory pain condition characterized by persistent disproportionate pain, autonomic dysregulation, vasomotor instability, and trophic changes. Its pathogenesis involves central sensitization, glial activation, and systemic immune dysregulation
SIBO
INTEGRATIVE GASTROENTEROLOGY · CLINICAL REVIEW Treating Mixed-Gas SIBO (H₂ / CH₄ / H₂S): An Evidence-Based, Functional Medicine Approach Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is one of the few conditions where the published guidelines and the clinical
endometriosis
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. It is not intended to replace the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult your physician or
LDN Austim
By Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects approximately 1 in 31 children (3.2%) aged 8 years in the United States — a number that has risen dramatically from 1 in 150 just two decades ago. While
LDN Psychiatry
Sorting Evidence From Enthusiasm for Depression, Anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and Self-Criticism Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Few off-label medications generate as many questions in an integrative practice as low-dose naltrexone (LDN). Increasingly, those questions come not from