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Yoon Hang Kim MD, MPH Integrative Functional Medicine
What Makes an Exceptional Cancer Patient?
Why to Suffer: Hope, Healing, and the Power of Meaning in Cancer Care I want to share something with you that has been central to how I...

John Kim
May 83 min read
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Chapter 2
Chapter 2 The Real World During Operation Urgent Fury—the U.S. invasion of Grenada in October 1983—a tragic incident underscored the...

John Kim
May 83 min read
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What is Integrative Oncology? What is Dr. Kim's approach in supporting patients with cancer?
—I want to share something. I’m so grateful to the teachers who got me here. Who taught me I should be on Facebook Live and YouTube Live....

John Kim
May 84 min read
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3 things I learned from Dr. Andew Weil
One Thing I Learned from Dr. Andrew Weil: The Power of Complexity Dr. Andrew Weil is widely regarded as the pioneer of integrative...

John Kim
May 73 min read
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Surviving the Healthcare System
I’m writing this book out of the painful experience of surviving the healthcare system. To put it mildly, I often tell people that...

John Kim
May 44 min read
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Power of Quitting: Getting off the wrong train sooner not later.
One of the reasons I was ready to leave family medicine was the culture of abuse in residency. Not the kind where someone yells at...

John Kim
May 23 min read
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What’s the Difference? Holistic, Alternative, Complementary, Integrative, and Functional Medicine Explained
When it comes to healthcare, there are a lot of terms floating around: Holistic Medicine, Alternative Medicine, Complementary Medicine,...

John Kim
May 22 min read
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Sick Care System: One Doctor’s Journey Through the Madness -Transforming Healthcare: A Consultant's Blueprint for Change
SICK CARE SYSTEM BY YOON HANG KIM MD From the frontlines of dysfunction to sustainable solutions The Problem is Clear Healthcare systems...

John Kim
May 13 min read
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Can Methylene Blue Help With Long Covid?
Below link will take you to my favorite medical search engine - scholar.google.com search on Methylene Blue & Long Covid: Click for...

John Kim
Jul 30, 20241 min read
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Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Optifast?
During my integrative/functional/lifestyle medicine private practice, and endocrinologist referred a patient who needed more than 300...

John Kim
Jul 16, 20241 min read
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How to start Keto EZ way?
NO GPS No Grains (rice, flours, pasta) No potato (or starchy vegetables) No Sugar Duke Keto Eat protein first - chicken, beef, pork,...

John Kim
Jul 3, 20241 min read
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Can type 2 diabetes (T2D) be reversed?
Short answer is yes - it is possible. I am unsure if medications can reverse type II diabetes. In medical school I was taught that...

John Kim
Jul 3, 20241 min read
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How fast can keto-diet work for person with T2D (Type 2 Diabetes)?
I recently saw someone who had an uncontrolled diabetes despite correct medical medical management. As I share often, there are many...

John Kim
Jul 2, 20241 min read
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The Need for Off Ramp from "Ozempic" and other GLP-1 antagonists
My first job while I was still in residency was working for a Kaiser Permanente's Positive Choice Wellness Center which was brainchild of...

John Kim
Jun 12, 20241 min read
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Optimal Implementation of Integrative Medicine Program in a Health Care System: Lessons Learned from Implementation of Integrative Medicine in Memorial Hospital – a rural critical access hospital.
Optimal Implementation of Integrative Medicine Program in a Health Care System: Lessons Learned from Implementation of Integrative...

John Kim
May 16, 20248 min read
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Functional Medicine & Integrative Medicine Allergy - can we treat the root causes?
One of the strengths of functional medicine is explore root causes of illness. In the case of allergy, allergen(s) trigger our immune...

John Kim
May 15, 20241 min read
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Functional Medicine Testing - my four most ordered tests
Functional medicine utilizes scientific advancements often before adoption by the medical community. Below are four tests I use most...

John Kim
Jan 21, 20242 min read
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Keto made easy...
One of my appreciation of functional medicine is the openness to new and developing knowledge. One of these ideas involve Ketosis. Keto...

John Kim
Sep 15, 20231 min read
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IFM - What is Integrative Functional Medicine?
My interaction with artificial intelligence helped me to realize a few things about Integrative Functional Medicine that I am currently...

John Kim
Jun 14, 20231 min read
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What does AI know about functional medicine?
Below is from Chat GTP: Functional medicine is an approach to healthcare that focuses on understanding the root causes of illness and...

John Kim
Jun 4, 20232 min read
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