62 Items Tagged

disease

Why You Can't Medicate Your Way Out Of Poor Diet & Lifestyle Choices

When I presented my research on the successful treatment of multiple sclerosis using diet and lifestyle changes at the Rheumatology research seminar,...

#disease #food #healing
Terry Wahls, M.D.
January 11 2015

How Improving Brain Health Boosts Your Immunity

From colds to cancer, your immune health is essential to whether or not you thrive in life.

#disease #functional medicine #immunity #inflammation

The Real Reason You Have Chronic Pain + How To Heal It

Chronic pain is the most common problem I see in my clinical practice, and is probably one of the most prevalent causes of visits to the doctor's...

#disease #food #healing #pain
Terry Wahls, M.D.
January 8 2015

What Everyone Should Know About Sensory Processing Disorder

Here are a few things that you should know about these sensational people.

#anxiety #disease #healing
Rachel Schneider
January 6 2015

Why Your Lab Results Could Be Lying About Your Thyroid Health

Hypothyroidism, or low thyroid function, is one of the most common underlying chronic hormonal problem in the world.

#disease #healing #immunity

What My Doctors Didn't Tell Me About Chronic Yeast Infections

I'm turning 25 next month, and I have already had at least 40 vaginal yeast infections.

#disease #healing #personal growth
Brandy Oswald
December 7 2014

You're Never Too Young To Start Preventing Heart Disease

I admit, I had to read up on Millennials because my waiting room is usually packed with baby boomers who have never heard of XM 45 Shade. Millennials...

#alcohol #disease #healing #healthy foods #heart disease
Joel Kahn, M.D.
November 19 2014

6 Stress-Busting Techniques From A Cardiologist

For many heart patients, stress is the elephant in the room when we discuss why they missed their goals for proper exercise, nutrition, abstinence...

#anxiety #disease #healing #relaxation #stress
Joel Kahn, M.D.
November 12 2014

Why Functional Medicine Is The Future Of Health

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine"

#disease #food #functional medicine #healing #healthy foods

What You Need To Know About Viruses

Let's explore the world of viruses to help you better understand these infectious agents.

#disease #healing #wellness
Nancy Simpkins, M.D.
October 17 2014

Sitting All Day Is Really, Really Bad For You (Infographic)

Sitting all day is bad for you, like really, really bad.

#disease #infographic #wellness #work
mindbodygreen
August 21 2014

Fracking: What It Is & Why You Should Care

Fracking is all over the news lately. No wonder. This technology responsible for America’s recent boost in natural gas production has some critics....

#cancer #disease #environmentalism #fertility #pregnancy

I'm A Model. Here's Why Beauty Standards Are BS

We can all agree that when we look through a magazine, we’re being taught to learn something that is untrue. In the United States, flipping through a...

#beauty #body image #disease #eating disorder #food
Emily Nolan
August 12 2014

My Husband Was In The Hospital For 3 Years. Here's What I Learned

Hospitals can be scary places for both the patient and their loved ones. It’s unfamiliar territory; they’re like foreign countries, with their own...

#communication #disease #healing #personal growth
Monique L. Muñoz
August 8 2014

The 4 Fears That Could Be Preventing You From Losing Weight

There are times when I feel like it would be easier for me to convince a patient to change his religious beliefs than to change the food he eats....

#disease #fear #immunity #weight loss

Why Heavy Metal Detox Therapy Could Help Prevent Heart Disease

Maybe you know someone who has suffered a heart attack. You're concerned about their well-being, particularly if they're diabetic or suffered a large...

#disease #healing #heart disease #study #wellness
Joel Kahn, M.D.
July 2 2014

7 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About The Nation's Deadliest Cancer

When you hear the words, "the nation's deadliest cancer," which cancer immediately comes to mind? Like most of the population, you probably didn't...

#cancer #disease #environmentalism #toxic #wellness
Susan Warmerdam
June 23 2014

Why Wellness Warriors Should Care About Football

As America’s most popular sport, football is a big part of life for many of us. Boys in the United States start playing pee wee football around age 6,...

#antioxidant #disease #news #study #wellness

What I Wish Everyone Knew About Chronic Disease

Over 20 years ago, I co-founded The Institute for Functional Medicine. I wanted to shift the disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more...

#disease #healing #pain #personal growth

7 Tests That Could Help You Live To Be 100

Is living until you're a healthy 150 years old on the verge of becoming the new norm? Will 200 be the new 70? We live at a time when the concept of...

#Vitamin D #aging #disease #heart disease #hormones