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The Lamkin Clinic publishes clinical insights, educational articles, and functional medicine perspectives for patients and practitioners. Every article is written or reviewed by Brian Lamkin, DO with 25+ years of clinical experience. For in-depth clinical reference content, explore our condition, lab, and article libraries below.
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GeneralAre you at risk?April 15, 2015
The incidence of heart attacks is still very high in the US despite a standard cholesterol check being a part of most...
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GeneralCaffeine…friend or foe?March 15, 2015
It seems like every other week I hear news reports purporting the benefits of caffeine whether it be brain health or prevention...
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GeneralThe scale doesn’t lie…or does it?February 15, 2015
The battle of the bulge is exactly that… a battle. Anyone who has put on weight and made attempts to lose it...
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GeneralSickness is BIG moneyJanuary 15, 2015
A former exercise physiologist colleague of our clinic just emailed a pretty interesting YouTube video link demonstrating new technology that allows medications...
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GeneralShort days are for the birds!December 15, 2014
For a blissful couple months over the summer, the sun shined into the office when we would have our morning coffee just...
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GeneralFear FactorNovember 15, 2014
Fear and the physical response to fear (aka the ‘flight or fight’ response) is a primordial response to danger that has been...
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GeneralAre you healthy?October 15, 2014
What does it really mean to be “healthy”? The truth is, no definitive set of parameters exists that comprehensively defines what exactly...
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GeneralThrow that weight scale away…Seriously!September 15, 2014
Has there been a time in your life when you were totally focused on losing weight and after a period of time...
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GeneralBe A Man!August 15, 2014
You may have opened this article out of mere curiosity or maybe you felt personally challenged by the article’s title. (Perhaps offended...
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GeneralWe’re All Addicted!August 15, 2014
Recently, my wife and I joined our church for a ‘fast’ that restricts all fluids to water and all foods to fruits,...
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GeneralA Tale of Two Hormones Part IIJuly 15, 2014
Two weeks ago, in the E newsletter entitled: Tale of Two Hormones: Part I, I reviewed the hormone Insulin and how it’s...
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GeneralThe Tale of Two Hormones: Part IJune 27, 2014
There exists two hormones in our bodies that wreak more havoc and contribute more to the development of disease than imaginable. Common...
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