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Root-cause investigation, lifestyle modification, and the gap between "normal labs" and how patients actually feel.

Root-cause medicine: how we investigate symptoms when standard labs come back normal

Root-cause medicine: how we investigate symptoms when standard labs come back normal

When routine labs are normal but you feel unwell, we use a five-pillar functional medicine workup—expanded biomarkers, functional reference ranges, and validated inflammatory panels—to uncover root causes.

Dr. Erika Tajra, MD
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