Functional/Integrative Medicine

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.

When a back injury made her desk job impossible, psychotherapist Susan Scott discovered the best medicine of all: a walk in the woods.

Trying acupressure on yourself? Here are four tips to keep in mind.

Your intestines are home to a great deal of your digestive system, nervous system, and immune system. Here’s how to heal your gut lining and avoid leaky gut syndrome.

Acupressure accesses the body’s subtle energy layers to let health and well-being flow.

Doctors continue to prescribe antibiotics for colds and flu even though they can’t cure them.

Pioneering pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris is transforming how public-health advocates respond to the toxic stress created by childhood adversity. Here, she shares her prescription for healing.

Functional-medicine doc Susan Blum, MD, outlines her basic plan to treat arthritis.

Three experts talk about the autoimmunity epidemic — and how to reverse it.

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

These easy home treatments can relieve headaches, colds, and other common health complaints.

Digging in the garden, walking by a river, and enjoying some sun during lunch do more than just lift your spirits — they’re good for your physical health, too.