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Setting The Spring Congress Stage: Must-Learn Topics and Featured Experts

Setting The Spring Congress Stage: Must-Learn Topics + Featured Visionaries

April 14, 2024

In just a few short weeks, from May 3-5, 2024, the highly anticipated 32nd Annual Spring Congress will bring its invigorating energy to the vibrant city of West Palm Beach, FL. With this year’s theme, “The Metabolic Crisis: From Surviving to Thriving in the 21st Century,” the event will address the most pressing healthcare challenges of our time. It will spotlight the critical role of metabolic health and optimization in positive patient outcomes, underscoring its relevance to the current healthcare landscape.

Two days of immersive learning will equip attendees with exclusive, practical, and immediately actionable insights. Led by an impressive lineup of 50 acclaimed speakers delivering 80 practice-revolutionizing sessions, the agenda has been meticulously curated to delve into the intricacies of metabolic dysfunction and its far-reaching implications across various medical disciplines. This year’s educational program spans a wide range of clinically relevant, timely topics shaping the healthcare industry, from breaking scientific discoveries to novel interventions for metabolic regulation.

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Inflammation, Hormones, and Health: Navigating the Complex Connection

April 22, 2023

Systemic inflammation, often called chronic low-grade inflammation, can persist for long periods without apparent symptoms making it difficult to identify and manage. Common signs of inflammation, such as fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders, skin changes, and cognitive issues, may often be mistaken for other conditions leaving many patients without a precise diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

Chronic systemic inflammation contributes to the vast majority of chronic health conditions, including autoimmune diseases, type 2 diabetes, hormone imbalances, and other serious health issues. As awareness of its role in disease pathogenesis grows, an expanding body of research furthers our understanding of the numerous and intricate connections between inflammation and aspects of health.

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The Future of CIRS

April 7, 2023

By: Andrew Heyman, MD, MHSA

It is difficult, if not dangerous, to predict the future. But trends and good data can point the way toward possibilities and probabilities. There is momentum building in our understanding of Chronic Inflammatory Response  Syndrome (CIRS), and the science has grown exponentially in the past 18 months thanks to transcriptomics. This new knowledge is sweeping our efforts forward in a  more defined direction while we hone our understanding of the disease. The future is coming into focus.

There are also larger moving parts within the general CIRS practitioner community and even external social and market forces that seem to be creating a set of likely outcomes that are both exciting and important.

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