Functional Medicine

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

Here are six tips to balancing your hormones and treating polycystic ovary syndrome.

Candida overgrowth can cause a wide range of health problems, but these troublemaking fungi respond well to natural treatments.

Intense body odor may be a sign of an underlying imbalance. Here’s how to decipher the biology of sweat — and what to do about it.

Steven Lin, DDS, holistic dentist and author of The Dental Diet, talks about the mouth–body connection and how nutrition can help address crooked teeth, your oral microbiome, and more.

This easy self-care technique can help clear your head of congestion and sinus pressure.

A diet high in flours made from wheat or other grains affects every system in the body. Here’s a quick guide to flour’s far-reaching effects.

A functional-medicine nutritionist shares how her Seven Systems approach effectively detoxes the mind as well as the body.

New research offers promising treatments for these extreme headaches.

Rangan Chatterjee, MBChB, is on a mission to improve individual well-being and transform the doctor–patient relationship with a simple message: Good health begins at home.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects up to a third of Americans, taking a toll on our collective health. Nutrition and lifestyle changes can turn it around.

In his new book, Genius Foods, Max Lugavere talks about which foods to embrace — and avoid — for optimal brain health.

Menstruation guru Alisa Vitti shares the ins and outs of her Cycle Syncing Method and how it can support athletic training, autoimmune issues, and your relationships.

In his new book, functional-medicine doc Mark Hyman, MD, says a Pegan diet — which combines principles of Paleo and vegan diets — is the best way to eat. Here are the 13 pillars of the Pegan diet.

Depression is not all in your head. Here are nonpharmaceutical, lifestyle-based ways to treat depression from the ground up.

Find relief with simple lifestyle strategies.

Susan Blum, MD, MPH, author of a new book on arthritis, outlines a three-step guide to treat joint pain.

A wellness expert shares how she makes time for good food, fitness, quality sleep, and her family.

Meet eight visionaries who are shifting the way we think about health, nutrition, and fitness — and changing countless lives along the way.

Here are the benefits — and challenges — of using a vegan, Paleo, and ketogenic diet to prevent and heal from cancer.