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CIRS vs. MCAS: Understanding Two Overlapping but Distinct Chronic Inflammatory Conditions

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CIRS vs. MCAS: Understanding Two Overlapping but Distinct Chronic Inflammatory Conditions

By Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH  |  Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Chronic illness patients — especially those navigating mold illness, Lyme disease, autoimmune conditions, or post-infectious syndromes — frequently encounter two acronyms that are both confusing and critically important: CIRS and MCAS. These conditions share a

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Medicinal Mushroom GI Cancer

Medicinal Mushrooms in the Integrative Care of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Yoon Hang Kim MD | www.directintegrativecare.com Membership-Based Telemedicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Medicinal Mushrooms in the Integrative Care of Gastrointestinal Cancer Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Medical Disclaimer This article is intended for educational and informational purposes only

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Botanical & Nutritional Support for Menopausal Symptom Relief: An Evidence-Based Clinical Review Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH  |  Board-

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Botanical & Nutritional Support for Menopausal Symptom Relief: An Evidence-Based Clinical Review Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH  |  Board-

Clinical Wellness Series Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician MEDICAL DISCLAIMER This article is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The information presented here should not be used to self-diagnose or self-treat any medical condition. Herbal and nutritional supplements may

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When Food Becomes Opioid:How Casein- and Gluten-Derived Exorphins May Blunt the Effectiveness of Low Dose Naltrexone

Yoon Hang "John" Kim, MD, MPH www.directintegrativecare.com Abstract Low dose naltrexone (LDN) is widely used in integrative medicine for autoimmune disease, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, inflammatory bowel disease, and select malignancies. Its therapeutic effect is generally attributed to a brief, transient blockade of opioid receptors that triggers

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Integrative Oncology

Toward the Exceptional Cancer Patient - What Bernie Siegel, Viktor Frankl, Radical Remission, and How to Starve Cancer Have in Common — and Why It Matters for Optimal Outcomes

Yoon Hang “John” Kim, MD, MPH  |  www.directintegrativecare.com An Academic Perspective on Integrative Oncology Why This Synthesis Matters Patients facing a serious cancer diagnosis often arrive at a familiar crossroads. The conventional oncology team hands them a treatment plan — chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, increasingly immunotherapy and targeted agents — and the

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