The FMP Blog

Why can thinking feel harder, mental stamina shrink, and mood change long after an illness or other health disruption?

An immune response that remains active is one possible explanation. In a convers...

Human health does not unfold in isolation. Across the lifespan, social experiences including connection, safety, rejection, meaning, and belonging shape how individuals respond to the world. While the...

Aging can be understood as a gradual imbalance between damage accumulation and the body’s ability to repair and maintain resilience. Early in life, repair systems are highly effective. Over time, howe...

Hypertension, affecting over a billion people worldwide, is often viewed through a cardiovascular or renal lens. Yet mounting evidence suggests oral health, particularly periodontal disease, may influ...

When I first began practicing internal medicine, and later functional medicine, I was taught to focus heavily on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Kidney health, however, was often treated as an ...