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Functional/Integrative Medicine

Ginger root and ginger powder

6 Plant-Based Ways to Fight Inflammation — Naturally

Avoiding NSAIDs like ibuprofen and naproxen because of their potential side effects? Here are botanical alternatives that may fit the bill.
By the Experience Life Team
Arthritis & Joint HealthFunctional/Integrative Medicine
Beating Lyme

Beating Lyme Disease

For patients with tick-borne diseases, the path to health can be confounding. Combining integrative and conventional approaches may be the best way forward.
By Pamela Weintraub
AutoimmunityFunctional/Integrative Medicine
stargazer lilies in a brightly lit room

Healing Spaces: How Our Surroundings Affect Health and Well-Being

Can the spaces in which we live, work, and recover from illness have an impact on healing and well-being? Integrative-medicine doctor Esther Sternberg says yes.
By Esther Sternberg, MD
Functional/Integrative MedicineRecovery
equine therapy

Equine Therapy: How Horses Can Help Heal

Explore how equine-assisted therapy (hippotherapy) helps people build confidence, quiet anxiety, and find calm through powerful connection with horses.
By Terri Trespicio
Functional/Integrative MedicineMental Health
brain healthy foods

Whole-Body Psychiatry: Nutrition for Mental Health

Mental health is not all in our heads. Nutrition is an oft-ignored — yet incredibly effective — way to manage mental illness, including schizophrenia.
By Kristin Ohlson
Functional/Integrative MedicineMental Health
adaptogens

7 Adaptogens for Health

Adaptogenic herbs like ginseng are great for battling stress and boosting your overall immunity, strength, and resilience.
By Catherine Guthrie
Alzheimer’s & DementiaArthritis & Joint Health
acid blocking

The Problem With Acid-Blocking Drugs

Senior editor Anjula Razdan on how acid-blocking drugs can lead to a vitamin B12 deficiency.
By Anjula Razdan
Functional/Integrative MedicineGut Health
Fucntional Medicine

What Is Functional Medicine?

Many people are finding better health solutions with functional medicine, a new model for how to practice medicine and treat chronic disease.
By Catherine Guthrie
Functional/Integrative MedicineGeneral Health
sunset

TAKING NOTES: 20 Things Overheard at the Functional Medicine Conference

Experience Life senior editor Anjula Razdan shares her top 20 takeaways from the recent @FXMed Conference in Minneapolis.
By Anjula Razdan
Functional/Integrative Medicine
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Find Calm With Tapping (EFT)

You can use the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as a daily practice to help you deal with workday stress.
By Experience Life Staff
Functional/Integrative MedicineWellness
Dentistry

What Is Holistic Dentistry?

Holistic dentists take a whole-person approach to dental care — and an integrated view of the mouth’s connection with the rest of the body.
By Kristin Ohlson
Functional/Integrative MedicineGeneral Health
illustration

Why Your Microbiome Matters

The microbiome is made up of trillions of organisms that live on and within you. And they can make or break your health.
By Pamela Weintraub
Functional/Integrative MedicineGut Health
a woman with cancer makes a healthy salad with her daughter

Integrative Oncology: A Healthier Way to Fight Cancer

Integrative oncology enhances conventional treatment strategies. And its lessons could help more of us avoid cancer entirely.
By Pamela Weintraub
CancerFunctional/Integrative Medicine
a woman sleeping with a mint green blanket

The Healing Power of Sleep

New science shows that sleep is essential to our mental and physical health — and most of us aren’t getting enough.
By Pamela Weintraub
Functional/Integrative MedicineImmunity
Susan Zemke

Letting the Sunshine In: Susan Zemke’s Success Story

How correcting a serious vitamin-D deficiency helped one woman transform her life.
By Erin Peterson
Functional/Integrative MedicineImmunity
sunset

Hormone Stress Test

How a cortisol test can help you evaluate whether your stress levels are cause for concern.
By Experience Life Staff
Functional/Integrative MedicineHormones
Peter Sarsgaard

Frank Lipman, MD, on Foods to Eliminate for Better Health

"King of Smoothies" Peter Sarsgaard and Dr. Frank Lipman discuss weight loss.
By Experience Life Staff
Functional/Integrative MedicineMetabolism/Weight Loss
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Heartburn Alert: The Dangers of Proton-Pump Inhibitors

Eye-opening statistics about remedies for digestive issues.
By Experience Life Staff
Functional/Integrative MedicineGut Health
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How Olive Oil Can Affect Genes

How olive oil can reduce the inflammatory response associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes and more.
By Experience Life Staff
Functional/Integrative MedicineNutrition Tips
Increase Fertility

Increase Fertility, Naturally

Nine practical strategies for boosting fertility and supporting a healthy pregnancy.
By Kristin Ohlson
Functional/Integrative MedicineHormones
acupuncture needles on a stone

How Acupuncture Helps to Relieve Stress

Maybe getting stuck with needles doesn't sound like stress-relief to you. But many people swear it's the most rejuvenating body treatment ever.
By Nigma Talib
Functional/Integrative MedicineHeadaches & Migraines
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