by functional | Dec 2, 2019 | Brain Tune Up!, Functional Medicine, Neurology
This is a common scenario in my office: “Do you believe in fibromyalgia? My doctor doesn’t. My doctor says it does not exist.” For the record, I do believe in fibromyalgia, and it does exist. While it may seem like doctors who would say such a thing live under a rock,...
by functional | Nov 11, 2019 | Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Tune Up!, Functional Medicine, Memory Loss, Neurology
When I decided to write The Healthy Brain Toolbox: Neurologist-Proven Strategies to Prevent Memory Loss and Protect Your Aging Brain, it was because I thought it was high time to set the record straight. It remains a common notion that genes determine a person’s...
by functional | Oct 1, 2019 | Functional Medicine, Neurology
I’m Dr. Ken Sharlin, a practicing functional medicine board-certified neurologist. When my nurse says the next patient waiting to see me is a 34-year-old woman with numbness and tingling whose doctor referred her because he cannot explain her symptoms and she has a...
by functional | Aug 5, 2019 | Chronic Migraine, Functional Medicine, Neurology
If you are bothered by headaches it may be helpful to know that all headaches are not the same. A narrow definition of headache would include pain in any part of the head, often parts of the face, especially around or behind the eyes, and frequently the upper part of...
by functional | Jul 31, 2018 | Alzheimer's Disease, Functional Medicine
Dr. Sharlin – Reversing Memory Loss For many years I practiced conventional neurology, in the dark about the real reasons that people experience memory loss, and some develop Alzheimer’s disease. I accepted the notion that memory loss was just part of getting...
