Functional/Integrative Medicine

Try this ancient practice to promote mindfulness, clarity, and relaxation.

Plant-based essential oils have long been used in the practice of aromatherapy to help address stress, pain, and other issues. Conventional medicine has begun to take notice.

Conventional weight-loss strategies often fail because they don’t account for a host of intersecting factors that are unique in each of us. Here are the variables that matter most — and why.

Traumatic stress can be debilitating and terrifying. Movement therapy — involving increasingly accessible, thoughtful approaches to exercise — offers new hope.

The debate over the future of fecal microbial transplants — and who will have access to them.

Do essential oils work? They've become a powerful wellness trend — but are essential oils a cure-all, a marketing scheme, or something in between?

Instead of using NSAIDs like Advil or Aleve, many people are starting to use anti-inflammatory CBD to treat pain.

Herbs were our first wonder drugs, and they remain powerful medicine to this day. Learn more about these health-promoting plants.

Dosage ranges widely from person to person. Here are some tips to determine your ideal CBD dose.

When ground into flours, most grains act like sugar in the body, triggering weight gain, inflammation and blood-sugar imbalances. Here’s why whole kernels are a better option than processed grains.

Health experts explain possible causes for niggling symptoms, including snoring, night sweats, and eye twitching.

What is CBD? Our integrative-health experts explain how cannabidiol 
works to relieve pain, anxiety, and more.

The growing threat of antibiotic resistance is leading some researchers and doctors to investigate the power of natural remedies.

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.