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For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.

For patients with tick-borne diseases, the path to health can be confounding. Combining integrative and conventional approaches may be the best way forward.

How NSAIDS — nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin — can cause more pain than they relieve.

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.

Garden produce provides nutritional benefits, but the very act of digging in the dirt nurtures mind, body, and soul.

Here’s what you need to know regarding the food industry’s influence on what we hear about nutrition.

Dr. Mark Hyman shares details about the detox outlined in his latest book.

Functional-medicine expert Mark Hyman, MD, on our addiction to sugar, processed foods, and other refined carbs — and why a detox could help you lose weight and regain your health.

How to limit your exposure to toxins in your home and better balance the basic elements of air, fire, water, and earth.

Many people are finding better health solutions with functional medicine, a new model for how to practice medicine and treat chronic disease.

Your body’s rapid-response defenses protect you from millions of would-be invaders daily. Here’s how you can help your immune system do its job.

A proactive decade-by-decade plan for preparing for perimenopause and menopause that supports a gradual — and even positive — life change.

Bacteria are waging a battle against antibiotics, which are overused and too often ineffective. But we can still win the war.

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.

The microbiome is made up of trillions of organisms that live on and within you. And they can make or break your health.

Integrative oncology enhances conventional treatment strategies. And its lessons could help more of us avoid cancer entirely.

Intrepid staffer Heidi Wachter completes her first detox diet, and shares the ups, downs and life-altering lessons.

New science shows that sleep is essential to our mental and physical health — and most of us aren’t getting enough.

Direct-to-consumer lab testing gives us a chance to see our biochemical realities more clearly — sometimes with surprising results.

Dr. Frank Lipman on why finding your body’s natural sleep cycle and circadian rhythms is the key to strength, vitality and wellness.

Here are tips on how to cultivate a healthy attitude towards foods — and get rid of the “good food”/”bad food” syndrome.