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EPISODE · Oct 5, 2022 · 27 MIN

Why should I engage in precision medicine?

from Ask Why Medicine · host Dr. Gina Pritchard, Lora Hooper RDH, Dr. Witt Wilkerson

In this episode, the team follows the journey of Ask Why team member Dr. Witt Wilkerson as he shares what steps he’s taking to improve his health.Even though he lives a healthy lifestyle and feels healthy, when Witt saw the results of his exhaustive blood panel, he was shocked at his results. However, under the care of Dr. Gina he’s been able to implement a “precision strategy” so he can move forward in his health journey. Witt shares the lifestyle changes that he’s made, including exercise, improving his sleep and airway, boosting his nitric oxide levels, improving his oral health, and working on inflammatory numbers through dietary supplements and probiotics.Stay tuned for another installment, where we will continue to keep up with Witt's journey.“Precision medicine means we’re not just arbitrarily taking thousands of milligrams of this and that, but we’re actually measuring the vitamin levels, we're looking at these inflammatory markers, and we're deciding how we are going to attack these issues in a specifically targeted way.” Dr. Witt Wilkerson, DMDReferences:Perio Restore TrayStella LifeProBiora Pro oral probioticOne tablet of D3per dayB12 vitaminsNiacinVitamin B3Test for LPaOmega3EPADPADHAVascepaMagnesiumTurmericBaby aspirinStatins - Rosuvastatin

In this episode, the team follows the journey of Ask Why team member Dr. Witt Wilkerson as he shares what steps he’s taking to improve his health. Even though he lives a healthy lifestyle and feels healthy, when Witt saw the results of his exhaustive blood panel, he was shocked at his results. However, under the care of Dr. Gina he’s been able to implement a “precision strategy” so he can move forward in his health journey. Witt shares the lifestyle changes that he’s made, including exercise,...

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