Irresponsible use of hormones, poorly-structured research, and misrepresentation of functional medicine: critique of Cutshall, Bergstrom, Kalish’s “Evaluation of a functional medicine approach to treating fatigue, stress, and digestive issues in women” in Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2016 May Reviewer: Alex Vasquez DC ND DO FACN Citation: Cutshall SM, Bergstrom LR, Kalish DJ. Evaluation of a functional medicine approach to treating fatigue, stress, and digestive issues in women. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2016 May;23:75-81 Date of review: June 10, 2016, minor formatting updates October 29, 2016 Update: This critique has been accepted for publication as Correspondence regarding Cutshall, Berg

Problem for patients: Numerous studies have documented that patients with migraine have increased risk for stroke, cardiovascular disease and early death; these findings have again been confirmed in a recent study published in the British Medical Journal: Migraine and risk of cardiovascular disease in women: prospective cohort study. BMJ 2016; 353 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i2610 (Published 31 May 2016). The New England Journal of Medicine's Journal Watch (June 1, 2016) gave bad advice in its associated article "Migraine in Women Associated with Cardiovascular Events, Mortality" by limiting the discussion to "aspirin therapy" to solve these complex problems. Patients with migraine co