Services
Internal Medicine
Dr. Michael Close is dedicated to providing personalized care. He is a skilled diagnostician with a compassionate bedside manner. Dr. Close has a strong commitment to helping his patients achieve their best possible health. He is a great choice for anyone looking for reliable, experienced, and caring internal medicine care in Chicago.
As an aspect of his practice, Dr. Close evaluates the following:
Neurologic Recovery and Repair
Crucial to delay dementia and Parkinson’s progression
Neurodegenerative Disease: Dementia/Parkinson’s/ Huntington’s/ Concussive damage/ Chemo brain/ Covid Brain
- APOE genetic status
- Neuro Inflammation
- Small dense LDL
- Brain Lipid compartment risk assessment
- Metabolic Dysfunction
- Hormonal Dysfunction: Insulin, Glucagon, Cortisol, Thyroid hormones, Testosterone, Estrogen, Progesterone, Ghrelin, Leptin
- Senescent Cell Burden
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction
- Toxicities
- Deficiencies
- ‘Statin’ effects that are cellular and which can be corrected
- Methylation dysfunction on vitamins, proteins, and DNA
- Cellular maintenance and repair factors
- Newer peptide interventions
Global evaluation of deficiencies/toxicities, DNA mutations, metabolism and hormonal function
These are so important for optimal health and recovery
Metabolic Evaluation, Restoration and treatments
Very rarely (or often in) appropriately managed
Detailed Cholesterol analysis
Detailed Brain Cholesterol Compartment analysis, which is so involved in metabolism and brain function.
Detailed Thyroid Management
Headache Management
Hypertensive Management
Because most people under care do not reach goals
Diabetes Recovery
Semaglutide Clinic
We provide these services along with overall health care
Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia Recovery
This has to be addressed with the cellular cause
Musculoskeletal Interventions and Injections
Mitochondrial function assessment and improvement
Botox injections