Inflammation Mastery, 4th Edition = 1200 pages + 30h video: Efficient and Effective Treatment of a Wide Range of Common Diseases based on DrV's Functional Inflammology Protocol (video) and Expert-level medical-clinical integration (video).
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New publication 2016: Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition
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Not simply a "book": 1,182 pages in color + more than 20 hours of video access
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Discount via ICHNFM.ORG: US$170 plus shipping and handling (retail: US$250 plus shipping and handling)
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Updates: Includes and bypasses everything from the previous editions published as Integrative Rheumatology (2), Naturopathic Rheumatology, Functional Inflammology and Functional Medicine Rheumatology; complete overhaul/expansion/update of the migraine and fibromyalgia protocols.
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Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition provides everything from laboratory interpretation to the details of fatty acid biochemistry and mitochondrial dysfunction and hormonal imbalances/correction in one convenient location with a complete index. Also available as a two-volume set titled Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine.
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Peer-reviewed: Yes, as you can see in the large PDF sample on page 6; see also:
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Dr Vasquez, "Mitochondrial Nutrition in Primary Care" Integrative Medicine 2014
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Dr Vasquez, "Role of Western Diet in Inflammatory Autoimmune Diseases” Current Allergy and Asthma Reports 2014
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Dr Vasquez, "Neuroinflammation in fibromyalgia and CRPS is multifactorial" Nature Reviews Rheumatology 2016
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Dr Vasquez, "The Clinical Importance of Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol): A Paradigm Shift with Implications for All Healthcare Providers" Altern Ther Health Med. 2004
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Dr Vasquez, "Understanding Functional Medicine by Appreciating the Web-like Interconnections of Physiologic Factors" Integrative Medicine 2006
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Samples and excerpts:
Click on PDF (larger PDF with photos) to see inside
Samples of Videos:
The book provides more than 30 hours of videos, presentations, and tutorials to enhance the learning process via video, text, and diagrams. (You can click to enlarge these sample videos.)
Click on image above for basic PDF or click here to open larger PDF with book photos.
Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition:
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ISBN: 0990620484; 978-0990620488
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Retail: US$250 plus shipping and handling
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Includes and bypasses everything from Naturopathic Rheumatology, Functional Inflammology, and Functional Medicine Rheumatology
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No major changes to Chapters 1-3 from the previous Inflammation Mastery / Functional Inflammology published in 2014
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Major changes and additions from recent publications:
Updates to Chapter 4 include:
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Complete re-write of section on Dysbiosis and Infections (published in 2015 as Human Microbiome and Dysbiosis in Clinical Disease)
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Inclusion of the anti-viral protocol (published in late 2014 as Antiviral Strategies and Immune Nutrition
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Inclusion of mTOR protocol (published in 2015 in ebook format as Mastering mTOR)
Updates to Chapter 5 include:
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Inclusion of Hypertension protocol (previously published as Functional Medicine and Integrative Medicine for Hypertension, and as Integrative Chiropractic Management of High Blood pressure.
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Inclusion of Diabetes protocol, restructured for the Functional Inflammology Protocol, originally published in Chiropractic and Naturopathic Mastery of Common Clinical Disorders
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Complete page-by-page update of Migraine and Fibromyalgia protcols, recently published as a separate monograph: https://www.createspace.com/5964921
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Inclusion of Behçet's Disease, Sarcoidosis, Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis with slight updates from previous editions of Integrative Rheumatology
Contents:
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Chapter 1. Patient Assessments, Laboratory Interpretation, Clinical Concepts, Patient Management, Practice Management and Risk Reduction: This chapter introduces/reviews/updates patient assessments, laboratory interpretation, musculoskeletal emergencies, healthcare paradigms; the common and important conditions hemochromatosis and hypothyroidism are also included in this chapter since these need to be considered on a frequent basis in clinical practice...page 1
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Chapter 2. Wellness Promotion & Re-Establishing the Foundation for Health: Reviewed here are diet, lifestyle, psychosocial health, and—given the pervasiveness of persistent organic pollutants and their increasingly recognized clinical importance—an introduction to environmental medicine...page 187
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Chapter 3. Basic Concepts and Therapeutics in (Nondrug) Musculoskeletal Care and Integrative Pain Management: Nonpharmacologic management of musculoskeletal problems is preferred over pharmacologic (e.g., NSAID, Coxib, steroid, opioid) management because of the collateral benefits, safety, and cost-effectiveness associated with manual, dietary, botanical, and nutritional treatments. A brief discussion of the current crisis in musculoskeletal medicine is provided for contextualization and emphasis of the importance of expanding clinicians' knowledge of effective nondrug treatments...page 243
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Chapter 4. The Major Modifiable Factors in Sustained Inflammation: Major components of the “Functional Inflammology Protocol” are reviewed here, from concepts and molecular biology to an emphasis on practical clinical applications...page 303
1) Food & Basic Nutrition...page 307
2) Infections: Dysbiosis / Viral...page 396 / 540
3) Nutritional Immunomodulation...page 609
4) Dysmetabolism, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, ERS/UPR, mTOR...page 622
5) Special Considerations: Sleep, Sociopsychology, Stress, Surgery...page 674
6) Endocrine Imbalances...page 688
7) Xenobiotic Immunotoxicity...page 699
5. Chapter 5. Clinical Applications...page 713
1) Hypertension...page 727
2) Diabetes Mellitus...page 819
3) Migraine & Headaches...page 863
4) Fibromyalgia...page 901
5) Allergic Inflammation...page 984
6) Rheumatoid Arthritis...page 1019
7) Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis...page 1038
8) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus...page 1053
9) Scleroderma & Systemic Sclerosis...page 1074
10) Vasculitic Diseases...page 1094
11) Spondyloarthropathies & Reactive Arthritis...page 1108
12) Sjögren Syndrome/Disease...page 1119
13) Raynaud's Syndrome/Phenomenon/Disorder...page 1127
14) Clinical Notes on Additional Conditions: Behçet's Disease, Sarcoidosis, Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis...page 1131
Index & Appendix -- page1154
Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition provides more than 30 hours of video instruction from live conference presentations, teaching sessions with graduate and post-graduate students, and pre-recorded tutorials.