How Much Vitamin C Do I Need Daily?
The recommended intake might be different if you have a chronic illness or are a smoker.
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Detox Your Food and Your Life: Q&A With Amie Valpone
After years of struggling with her own chronic illness, nutritionist and blogger Amie Valpone shares how an anti-inflammatory, whole-food diet has changed her life for the better.
Tom Tittmann’s Success Story
After suffering from ulcerative colitis for more than three decades, one man discovered a way to get to the root cause of his illness.
Can Chronic Inflammation in the Body Cause Mental Illness?
Researchers have begun exploring the link between chronic inflammation and psychiatric disorders.
Do You Need Surgery for Lower-Back Pain?
A former orthopedic spine surgeon empowers patients who have chronic pain to connect with their own capacity to heal.
The Debate About Flu Shots
Many health professionals recommend seasonal flu vaccines as a preventive measure. But do they actually work, and are they safe? Here’s what you need to know about influenza vaccines to decide for yourself.
Venus Williams on Setbacks, Comebacks, and Resilience
Tennis champ Venus Williams on how the ups and downs of a nearly 30-year career have challenged and changed her.
How to Get Enough Protein From a Plant-Based Diet
Plant-based foods can easily meet your protein needs. The key is diversity.
PUMPING IRONY: A Numbers Game: Diabetes
New guidelines seeking to address the healthcare industry’s overtreatment of elderly diabetics may encounter a skeptical audience: elderly diabetics.
PUMPING IRONY: Drugged and Dangerous
One more reason to avoid Big Pharma: New study reports 1 in 5 geezers take drugs that work against each other.
Coping With Psychogenic Pain
When the source of your pain escapes you — and your doctor — it could be psychogenic.
Low Thyroid or Hypothyroidism: Causes, Symptoms and Solutions
When the thyroid gland isn’t functioning optimally, it can cause weight gain, digestive issues, hair loss and more. Find out how to tell if you may have thyroid issues.
The Food Poisoning–IBS Connection
Food poisoning can trigger irritable bowel syndrome. Here’s how — and what you can do about it.
What Is a Functional Neurological Disorder?
Hybrid disorders of the brain, mind, and body once confounded physicians and researchers. Today experts are beginning to uncover the conditions’ complexities — and how to treat them.
Revolutionary Act 6: Redefine Your Role
You are not a “healthcare consumer.” You are a human being. You may be experiencing an illness or other health challenge right now, but remember that good health is your body’s natural state.
How to Relieve Stress During a Pandemic
You may be experiencing a chronic state of stress activation known as “allostatic load.” Our experts offer five techniques to help you de-stress and re-center.
Kicking Candida
Some call it an invisible epidemic. When Candida albicans, a family of yeastlike fungi that lives in our digestive tracts, multiplies out of control, it causes mysterious symptoms and serious health woes for women, men and children. Is it breeding in you?
How One Woman Survived Breast Implant Illness
Debbie Friedlander on how she is finding relief from breast implant illness 25 years after undergoing a preventive mastectomy.
How Does Acupuncture Work?
Many people are turning to this ancient practice for relief from acute pain and chronic symptoms. Here’s why it works.
How to Treat Long-Haul COVID
COVID-19 is leaving many with a disturbing array of chronic symptoms. These functional-medicine strategies can help.