by Ryan Brady | Jul 29, 2020 | Anti-Aging Medicine, Functional Medicine
It’s an exciting time in the realm of regenerative medicine. We have many tools to choose from when developing a program to optimize our health, age better and heal faster from injuries. If you have been following us, or are a current patient then you know how much we...
by Ryan Brady | Jul 1, 2020 | Anti-Aging Medicine, Functional Medicine
A strong, intact immune system is your best bet at warding-off foreign invaders that cause infection and illness. Thymosin Alpha-1 plays a vital role in the control of immunity, tolerance and inflammation. It manages an immune response via an initial action on the...
by Ryan Brady | Jun 6, 2020 | Functional Medicine, Hormones
Hormones serve as our body’s chemical messengers to help maintain homeostasis, or state of balance. They originate in one area and act on another (target cell), usually transmitted through bodily fluid such as blood. I tend to visualize a New York City bicycle...
by Ryan Brady | Apr 8, 2020 | Functional Medicine
The liver sits on the right side of the abdomen, protected by the rib cage. The heaviest organ, it filters blood coming from the digestive tract before circulating through the rest of the body. The liver processes macronutrients–carbohydrates, proteins, and...
by Ryan Brady | Mar 31, 2020 | Functional Medicine
The recent announcement by President Trump about a drug with “tremendous promise” in combating COVID-19 sent people hunting through pharmacies and physicians. Trump was referencing hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial medication first synthesized in 1946 that has also...
by Ryan Brady | Mar 5, 2020 | Functional Medicine
The Halides and the Importance of Iodine Iodine is a halide ion, which is a halogen atom bearing a negative charge. The halides are grouped together on the periodic table of elements and include fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. Chloride and iodine/iodide are...