Many people are finding better health solutions with functional medicine, a new model for how to practice medicine and treat chronic disease.

An evolving understanding of pain is leading us to treatments that are safer — and more effective — than opioids.

Too many chronic ailments have been pronounced “incurable.” Here’s how some functional-medicine practitioners are resolving such conditions — and transforming their patients’ lives.

COVID-19 is leaving many with a disturbing array of chronic symptoms. These functional-medicine strategies can help.

Is healthcare something delivered by a provider when you get sick — or something you do for yourself to stay vital, healthy and well? A growing number of health seekers say “both.” Together, they’re forging an empowered new path through America’s broken medical system.

Trained to listen and support, rather than simply dole out advice, health coaches are attracting more attention than ever — from patients and from a healthcare industry desperate for solutions.

Discover the surprising power of group medical programs.

Functional-medicine pioneer Mark Hyman, MD, is doing his best to help you avoid the doctor altogether.

Intestinal organisms can be a trigger for troubling health issues. But new research finds they can also help the body heal, especially from autoimmune diseases.