Functional/Integrative Medicine

Discover the truth about how your mind affects your body, how your body affects your brain, and what you can do to keep the whole brilliant system working to your advantage.

Everyone's talking about universal coverage, single-payer plans, and other well-intended solutions to America's healthcare access dilemma, but we're missing the real question: What's the point of giving more people access to a system that is likely to make them sicker?

A well-functioning digestive system is the cornerstone of good health. Find out how the gut works, what makes it vulnerable — and what you can do to keep your own digestive tract in tiptop shape.

Hormonal imbalances can lead to a host of serious health problems, including inflammation, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, dementia and more. Here’s how to get your body back in balance.

Learn how your genes interact with your habits, lifestyle, and surroundings to create a healthy body — or an unhealthy one.

The ideal diet, the spot-on supplement strategy — can a few simple tests help you carve out the one and only nutritional program that's perfect for you?

The ancient healing practice of Reiki can help you feel more balanced and relaxed. Discover what this alternative treatment entails – and the many other benefits it can bestow.

Once perceived as the domain of medical experts tasked with keeping our symptoms at bay, the realm of personal healthcare has expanded. It now includes broader definitions, more integrated, preventive approaches — and, perhaps most important, us.

You know that your genes are central to your health. But did you know that they have their own nutritional needs? Discover how the emerging field of nutrigenomics may help us nourish our DNA — and lower our risk of certain diseases.

Whether you seek lower blood pressure, a longer silhouette, or a more peaceful response to life's pressures, disciplined practices like yoga, tai chi and Pilates offer a host of transformative benefits. Which might explain why mind-body exercise is one of the hottest trends in the fitness industry.

Good health, at core, is less a destination than life-enhancing journey. But if there is any clear path toward the promised land of healthy living, it begins not on any treadmill or diet plan, but on the fertile ground of our own thoughts, assumptions and beliefs.

Are you exhausted for days following your workouts? Or are you just too tired to make it to the gym? If so, you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue.

Don't take two aspirin and call this doctor in the morning. He'd rather see you nourish, protect and heal your body for real.

EFT — or Emotional Freedom Technique — is a technique for getting over cravings, phobias, pain, and more.

Antioxidants protect something infinitely important – your cells. These remarkable nutrients give freely of themselves so your cells can live and be healthy. Discover more about these power nutrients.