Philosophy

Beginner’s Mindset

By Brandon LaGreca / May 26, 2021 / Comments Off on Beginner’s Mindset

Healing takes time, and it takes the right trajectory. A healing mindset maps the course ahead, providing guidance on treatment options and lifestyle changes that will most effectively help you arrive at your destination of optimal health. Awareness of the obstacles clears that path so you don’t waste time, energy, and money on medical red herrings.

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The Promise and Peril of a Coronavirus Vaccine

By Brandon LaGreca / October 31, 2020 / Comments Off on The Promise and Peril of a Coronavirus Vaccine

Will global governments mandate that every citizen be injected with a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2? Does the greater good outweigh the repercussions of introducing an RNA vaccine into the human gene pool? These are serious questions with critical implications for the future of human health and medical freedom.

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Environment, Terrain, and Germ: The COVID-19 Story

By Brandon LaGreca / September 2, 2020 / Comments Off on Environment, Terrain, and Germ: The COVID-19 Story

One bug, one drug—such is the philosophical undercurrent to allopathic medicine. Sometimes that principle works. I suffered for three weeks with pneumonia before the right antibiotic enabled my recovery. Even if the overwhelming majority of microbes that constitute the microbiome and virome support life and diversity, the human body can get overwhelmed when imbalanced. While…

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The Pros and Cons of Masks

By Brandon LaGreca / August 3, 2020 / Comments Off on The Pros and Cons of Masks

My Facebook feed is an even mix of those questioning the conventional narrative of donning a mask (and practically everything else related to pandemic) and demeaning or self-righteous pleas to get everyone to wear a mask. Dare I say both sides can learn something from the other? Before a nuanced discussion on the topic, we…

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Is the Coronavirus an Exosome?

By Brandon LaGreca / July 4, 2020 / Comments Off on Is the Coronavirus an Exosome?

I’ve been thinking a lot about the content of this video in which Dr. Zach Bush introduces the notion that viruses are synonymous with exosomes, fragments of genetic material (microRNA) that communicate danger within a species and enable adaptation. Exosomes represent the possibility of rapid evolution.

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Finding Our Humanity

By Brandon LaGreca / July 4, 2020 / Comments Off on Finding Our Humanity

For the first time in recent memory, I was in tears listening to a patient share her story of grief. Sad news comes with being a clinician. Although I strive to remain professional yet compassionate, present but emotionally receptive, the heartache that ensued from this story spurred me to relay the interaction. It is one we all need to contemplate.

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The Anticancer Lifestyle

By Brandon LaGreca / June 5, 2020 / Comments Off on The Anticancer Lifestyle

It was the first appointment with my patient after her diagnosis of uterine cancer and subsequent total hysterectomy. The prognosis was good: stage 1A with no lymph involvement. During her intake, I inquired if she was ready to adopt an anti-cancer lifestyle following this shake-up. It didn’t take long to recognize that she didn’t have a clear sense of what that involved, save for not using chemical herbicides anymore.

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“Beware the Barrenness of a Busy Life”

By Brandon LaGreca / December 16, 2019 / Comments Off on “Beware the Barrenness of a Busy Life”

Some permutation of the sentiment of being busy is a common answer to the question, “How are you?” Busy started being worn as a badge of honor at the same time in history that burn-out was categorized as an “occupational phenomenon” by the World Health Organization.

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The Cancer Continuum: Finding Your Own Way

By Brandon LaGreca / July 25, 2019 / Comments Off on The Cancer Continuum: Finding Your Own Way

Take a moment and expand on what constitutes a cancer-promoting or anti-cancer lifestyle; think beyond that black-and-white dichotomy.

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What Is Functional Medicine?

By Brandon LaGreca / March 11, 2019 / Comments Off on What Is Functional Medicine?

There has been a movement within allopathic medicine to adopt a holistic model in their paradigm. This gave rise to functional medicine, practiced by a new generation of integrative physicians, having great success in esteemed medical centers such as Cleveland Clinic.

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