by Jessamine Sothard | Sep 9, 2024 | Blog, Functional Medicine
Finding the right healthcare provider in 2024 can feel like an impossible uphill climb. It can also feel challenging to know what sort of treatment you need from your doctor, how they will prescribe it, and if they have your best interests at heart. Most doctors I...
by Jessamine Sothard | May 6, 2024 | Blog, Functional Medicine
What’s the most common question I get when people visit my website for the first time? The winner, undoubtedly, is: “Do you take insurance?” The quick answer to that is no, and here’s why. When I chose to leave conventional medicine to start my...
by Jessamine Sothard | Nov 27, 2023 | Blog, Functional Medicine
Around the age of 40, I noticed a shift in how I felt. My weight wasn’t as easy to maintain as it had been in my younger years. Despite having a great life, I felt more irritable and moody than I had previously. Additionally, while I had the energy to do all...
by Jessamine Sothard | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog, Functional Medicine
When I went to medical school, I never heard of functional medicine. It wasn’t a choice, as a path forward, that I was aware of. While there was a lot I liked about my work as a Family Practitioner, I knew in my gut for many years that although there was a lot we were...
by Jessamine Sothard | Sep 25, 2023 | Blog, Functional Medicine, Uncategorized
There are a lot of things that I used to believe that I now doubt in regard to medicine. Like are doctors influenced by Big Pharma? As in any profession, there are some unethical people but as a whole, the majority of doctors I’ve come to know are caring...
by Jessamine Sothard | Jun 19, 2023 | Blog, Functional Medicine
Disease is a big business. That’s the awful truth. The U.S. has one of the highest costs of healthcare in the world. In 2021, the average person in the U.S. spent $12,900 per year on their healthcare. You’d think for an investment like that we’d be a really...
