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3 Miracle Cures (That Aren’t, Really)
Too many chronic ailments have been pronounced “incurable.” Here’s how some forward-thinking practitioners are resolving such conditions — and transforming their patients’ lives.
The Functional-Medicine Matrix
Discover the simple tools progressive practitioners use to dig beyond diagnoses and treat root causes effectively.
6 Factors that Affect Weight Loss
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.
Healthy Gut, Healthy Brain
A neurologist explains the power of your microbiome to heal and protect your brain.
The Sipping Point: Women and Alcohol
Many women are drinking more than ever before. Are you one of them?
Here Comes the Sun: The Benefits of Healthy Sun Exposure
A little bit of sunlight can do a lot of good for your health.
7 Reasons Why Sleep Is Essential for Your Health and Well-Being
Skimping on sleep can increase stress, undermine metabolism, suppress immunity, and set you up for a host of serious health problems.
Tips and Strategies to Maintain Your Vision
Most of us take our eyesight for granted. But without proper care, nutrition, and protection, our eyes are vulnerable to damage and degeneration. Find out what you can do to keep your vision crisp, even as you age.
How Heavy Metals Affect the Body
Mercury in fish and dental fillings. Lead in old paint. Cadmium and arsenic in industrial wastes. There’s a lot of talk about heavy-metal toxins these days. But how worried should you be, really? And what can you do to protect yourself?
What Your Skin Is Trying to Tell You
Acne, eczema, psoriasis, and other skin conditions can be red flags pointing to more serious health concerns. Here are six of the most common — and how they might be speaking for the rest of your body.
Free Yourself From Depression
An integrative psychiatrist offers a holistic approach for treating depressive illness.
A Call for a Real Food Revolution
A U.S. congressman explains how lack of access to real food is at the heart of our nation’s health problems — and what we can do about it.
Hungry No More
Satisfy your appetite, retrain your fat cells, and lose weight for good.
How to Harness the Healing Power of Your Mind
Science has now confirmed that our thoughts and emotions have very real physiological consequences. What does this mean for medicine in the 21st century? Among other things, that many potions of choice might be produced by our minds and delivered without prescription drugs.
How Does the Body Absorb Nutrients?
Knowing how your body absorbs nutrients can help you fuel your workouts – and your life.
12 Game-Changing Ideas About Health
12 big ideas that are shifting the way we think about health.
Connecting ADHD and Nutrition
For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.
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.
What You Need to Know About Ibuprofen
How NSAIDS — nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin — can cause more pain than they relieve.
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.
Beyond the Harvest: 5 Ways Gardens Support Your Health
Garden produce provides nutritional benefits, but the very act of digging in the dirt nurtures mind, body, and soul.