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New Study: Surgery Not Best Option for Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer
By Craig CoxCanadian researchers find mortality rates not affected by aggressive surgical intervention.
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What Your Skin Is Trying to Tell You
By Kristin OhlsonAcne, 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.
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The Institute for Functional Medicine’s Elimination Diet Comprehensive Guide and Food Plan
By Experience Life StaffGet a free download of The Institute for Functional Medicine’s Elimination Diet Comprehensive Guide!
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The Empowered Patient
By Jon SpaydeMedical appointments can be intimidating. Here’s how to get the support you need from a doctor who makes you a partner in your own care.
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In Depth With Mark Hyman, MD (Video)
By Experience Life StaffIn this exclusive extended interview from his Experience Life cover shoot, functional-medicine pioneer Mark Hyman, MD, explains what functional medicine actually is, how it differs from integrative medicine, and how simply changing how we eat can create significant health improvements in a matter of days. Plus, Hyman shares what a typical day of eating looks like in his own life.
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How to Heal a Leaky Gut
By Catherine GuthrieYour intestines are home to a great deal of your digestive system, nervous system, and immune system. Here’s how to keep them healthy.
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Behind the Scenes With Mark Hyman, MD (Video)
By Experience Life StaffMark Hyman, MD, shares how his own health issues lead him to functional medicine, and why he now considers food and community to be our most powerful “medicines.”
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How to Give a Neck Massage in 5 Simple Steps
By Heidi WachterThis Valentine’s Day, surprise your partner (or anyone you love!) with the gift of a relaxing neck massage.
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7 Ways to Protect Your Mitochondria (Infographic)
By Experience Life TeamCaring for your mitochondria is one of the best ways to take care of your health —and enjoy better energy, metabolism, and mental focus in the process.
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In Depth With Sara Gottfried, MD (Video)
By Experience Life StaffThe best-selling author of The Hormone Cure shares more insights on the importance of balancing our hormones and the profound effect they can have on our overall health and well-being.
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Fake MEDS, Real Relief
By Experience Life StaffA recent Harvard report finds that sugar pills can greatly reduce migraine symptoms — even when the patient knows the pill is a fake.
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Behind the Scenes With Sara Gottfried, MD (Video)
By Experience Life StaffIntegrative- and functional-medicine pioneer Sara Gottfried, MD, shares her personal struggle with imbalanced hormones, and how what she learned from her own treatment protocol has informed more than a decades-worth of work helping women, as well as her best-selling book The Hormone Cure.
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6 Ways to Fight Inflammation — Naturally
By Experience Life TeamAvoiding NSAIDs like Ibuprofen and naproxen because of their potential side effects? Here are botanical alternatives that may fit the bill.
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What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You (Infographic)
By Experience Life TeamCommon signals you shouldn’t ignore.
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Beating Lyme Disease
By Pamela WeintraubFor patients with tick-borne diseases, the path to health can be confounding. Combining integrative and conventional approaches may be the best way forward.
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Healing Spaces
By Esther Sternberg, MDCan 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.
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Find Your Pressure Points
By Catherine GuthrieAcupressure accesses the body’s subtle energy layers to let health and well-being flow.
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Overcoming an OCD — With Words
By Christy RiceDiscover the five simple words that helped Christy Rice overcome a decades-long impulse disorder.
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Whole-Body Psychiatry: Nutrition for Mental Health
By Kristin OhlsonMental health is not all in our heads. Nutrition is an oft-ignored — yet incredibly effective — way to manage mental illness, including schizophrenia.
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Taking Notes: The Future of Nutrition Conference (Autism)
By Casie Leigh LukesGet an inside look at Casie Leigh Lukes’s notes on nutrition and autism from The Future of Nutrition Conference.
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The Problem With Acid-Blocking Drugs
By Anjula RazdanSenior editor Anjula Razdan on how acid-blocking drugs can lead to a vitamin B12 deficiency.