Pediatric Care for the Heart, Mind, and Body
Interview with Dr. Julia Getzelman, founder of GetzWell Personalized Medicine, on her commitment to bringing pediatric functional medicine to San Francisco
Articles and information on Gut Health from the blog of GetzWell Personalized Medicine, a premier pediatrics practice in San Francisco, California.
Gut Health
Articles and information on Gut Health from the blog of GetzWell Personalized Medicine, a premier pediatrics practice in San Francisco, California.
Anxiety: What’s Mold Got to do With It?
At GetzWell, we know that wellness involves body, mind, and emotional landscape. All three of these are inseparable and intertwined. Mental and emotional symptoms can signal that the body is suffering an imbalance or illness and it’s not just “in your head.”
Ever Wonder If Your Toddler Has a Food Intolerance?
At GetzWell, we’ve seen astounding results with nutrition counseling and elimination diets. In this post I’ll explain how we were able to help a toddler named Oliver and his parents dramatically improve his health and their whole family’s well-being.
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2021: The Link Between Allergies and ADHD, There’s More Than Meets the Eye
Allergies typically call to mind common symptoms like runny noses, itchy rashes, red eyes, cough, wheezing, etc. However, it turns out allergies can manifest in a variety of ways and may profoundly impact a person’s behavior and ability to focus and learn. In other GetzWell articles we’ve shared how Dr. Getzelman is leveraging 23andMe genetic
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Zantac Pulled from Shelves due to Probable Cancer Causing Contaminant: What does this mean for me and my family?
For years, Zantac (the brand name for the drug ranitidine) and generic equivalents have been marketed as a safe, effective way of alleviating reflux, better known as heartburn. Millions have used this product to suppress reflux…but in recent days, CVS, Walgreens and other retailers have pulled these products from their shelves and in Canada the drug has been recalled.
We’re Only as Healthy as the Bacteria in Us and on Us.
Our bodies are teeming with microbes – inside and out. In fact, we walk around with 100 trillion single celled organisms (4 pounds of bacteria!) that we rely on to keep us healthy. The number of bacteria that live in and on us is so vast that they (those not originated in the body) outnumber our own body cells 10 to 1!
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Combatting Chronic Constipation in Kids – Naturally & Effectively
Chronic constipation is one of the many conditions on the rise among children. Unfortunately, it’s one that is too frequently treated by most pediatricians with over-the-counter medications, often MiraLAX, which comes in at #1 but ultimately may be harmful to our little ones.
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From First Bites to Picky Eaters: A Food Survival Guide For Parents
As natural medicine pediatricians we can’t overstate how critical good nutrition is for building healthy bodies and brains. However, we also recognize that hectic lifestyles and the convenience of packaged foods are real-life challenges to feeding your kids unprocessed, whole foods.
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Natural Alternatives to Treating ADD/ADHD & Anxiety – With The Help of 23andMe
In our last case study, Could Gluten be to Blame for Your Child’s Behavioral Issues?, we shared Kasey’s story – she is a patient from our San Francisco practice who came to us for help with an ADHD and anxiety disorder diagnosis. As the title suggests, we were able to link Kasey’s behavioral issues to a gluten sensitivity. But it turns out that gluten was only partially to blame.
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Baby’s First Foods: A Jump-Start to Lifelong Health
More and more studies are proving that our earliest exposures to food – both before and after birth – set the stage for lifelong flavor preferences and eating habits. This means, as parents, you have more control over what kinds of foods your child likes than you probably realize.
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