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.

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.