Search results for “chronic illness”
By Anjula Razdan
Too many chronic ailments have been pronounced “incurable.” Here’s how some forward-thinking practitioners are resolving such conditions — and transforming their patients’ lives.
By Pamela Weintraub
Many physicians who treat tick-borne diseases now combine conventional medicine with gentler integrative strategies — and more long-term patients are getting well.
By Julie Dulude
A candid conversation about chronic illness based on one woman’s personal experience of seeking a diagnosis and treatment.
By Catherine Guthrie
Many people are finding better health solutions with functional medicine, a new model for how to practice medicine and treat chronic disease.
By Mo Perry
Lingering symptoms from long COVID and other chronic-pain conditions might result from faulty feedback loops in the nervous system. Brain training can help resolve them.
By Joseph Hart
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.
By Kristin Ohlson
Mental health is not all in our heads. Nutrition is an oft-ignored — yet incredibly effective — way to manage mental illness, including schizophrenia.
By Heather Rogers
Discover the simple tools progressive practitioners use to dig beyond diagnoses and treat root causes effectively.
By Stephanie Soucheray
Learn if mold is messing with your body — and how you can clear up the trouble.
By Mo Perry
An evolving understanding of pain is leading us to treatments that are safer — and more effective — than opioids.
By Mark Hyman, MD
Learn how your genes interact with your habits, lifestyle, and surroundings to create a healthy body — or an unhealthy one.
By Mark Hyman, MD
One in two Americans is suffering from diabesity, and most of them don’t even know it. Why? Because most doctors are not trained to treat the single biggest chronic disease in America. The good news? Diabesity can be prevented, treated and reversed. Dr. Mark Hyman explains how.
By Kristin Ohlson
12 big ideas that are shifting the way we think about health.
By Mo Perry
Our bodies need inflammation to fight off infection, but too much of it for too long can spur a wide range of illnesses. Learning to manage it effectively is key.
By Kara Douglass Thom
Here’s what you need to know about the influenza vaccine.
By Pamela Weintraub
The incidence of autism is growing at an alarming rate. Experts are struggling to discover why. Slowly, a strange and complex picture is coming together. It suggests that autism’s mysterious mechanisms could ultimately reveal health truths relevant to us all.
By Mark Hyman, MD
Mighty mitochondria — those little factories inside our cells that generate energy — play a central role in our metabolism, our vitality and our well-being. Find out how to rev your cellular engines, rid them of the gunk and damage that slows them down, and start feeling your healthy best.
By Pilar Gerasimo
It’s going to take a lot of strong, clear-headed, high-vitality people to solve the world’s problems. Be one of them.
By Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT
If you’re not feeling well or are fighting off an illness, you may need to temporarily shift your exercise plan.
By Catherine Guthrie
Want to be fit and healthy? Find out why your shuteye should be a top priority.
By Paul Kriegler, RD, CPT
A smart supplementation plan can support your daily health and well-being — and it can be critical to the function of your immune system.