When conventional medicine looks everywhere but here, the answer is often at the source — your brain. You've been told your thyroid numbers are "normal." Your cortisol came back in range. Your hormones are "a little low for your age, but nothing alarming." And yet you're exhausted, foggy, emotionally flat,...
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Brain fog, fatigue, memory loss, and mood changes are not just signs of aging, they are symptoms of deeper metabolic and inflammatory imbalances. Yet when you visit a traditional doctor with these concerns, you might leave with a prescription for one symptom or another, but rarely does anyone take the...
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Finding healthcare that truly gets you shouldn't feel impossible, but for many LGBTQ+ individuals, that's exactly what it's like. At Advanced Practice Clinic, we've made it our mission to change that experience completely. As a leading hormone therapy clinic in the Joplin area, we celebrate your identity while addressing your...
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We have patients come into our medical weight loss center and frequently say things like, "I want to lose weight because I'm getting married," or, "There is this outfit I want to wear." While those are wonderful goals, losing weight isn't the hard part. The hard part is keeping the...
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Are you frustrated with trying countless diets and exercise programs, only to end up back where you started? If traditional weight loss methods haven't worked for you, there's likely a deeper reason - and it often involves your hormones. At our medical weight loss center, we understand that sustainable weight...
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If you’re dealing with anxiety and/or depression, allergies, body and joint pain, brain fog, chronic headaches, and other chronic ailments, the chances of having a leaky gut (LG) are high. Understanding the connection between leaky gut and hormonal imbalance in women is crucial for comprehensive treatment. Leaky gut is a...
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After decades of fad diets and fast weight loss promises many of us are fed up. Instead of these weight loss plans delivering their promises, we have become more overweight, less healthy, and emotionally depleted. To top it all off, we are worried that solving our weight problem will always...
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Most women who choose Advanced Practice Clinic do so because they are searching for non-conventional approaches to their health. They are looking for a provider who will actually listen to them and address their symptoms, not just look at the lab values. Conventional medicine has left women with few answers...
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“High blood pressure;” those words might not mean much to you, but they mean a whole lot to your body. The implications of high blood pressure can be detrimental to your overall health and longevity. As a matter of fact, did you know that increased periods of high blood pressure,...
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By now almost everyone in the country is aware of the new weekly weight loss shots on the market. Two medications Semaglutide and Tirzepatide (Ozempic and Mounjaro) have had amazing results for weight loss. However, there could be more to fixing your hormone imbalances than just trying to lose...
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Trying to lose weight can be a never-ending spiral of yoyo dieting, working out tirelessly, and then gaining it all back and trying all over again to no avail. However, weight loss shots are becoming increasingly popular across the country. Why? Because they work. They provide a viable weight loss...
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What is functional medicine? The functional and integrative medicine model is an individual, patient-centered, science-based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together to address the underlying causes of disease and promote optimal wellness. It requires a detailed understanding of each patient’s genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle factors, including diet,...
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