Conventional medicine is the most common type of medicine in the Western world. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for treatments that are not part of mainstream healthcare. Many ...

Functional and integrative medicine are closely related. Both approaches take a broad view of the factors that can affect a person’s health and focus on addressing them in treatment. The terms ...

Complementary therapies are often used to help address symptoms of chronic health conditions and improve overall well-being. But finding a qualified provider is essential to reap the benefits — here ...

Being diagnosed with a chronic illness can be a distressing and disorienting experience. Surveys of people who have chronic diseases have found that many experience a sense of powerlessness, and that ...

After Marianne Sarcich underwent treatment for breast cancer in 2016, she called an acupuncturist in hopes of easing her cancer-related anxiety—but made sure to be upfront. “I told her right away that ...

In this post I describe the divergent perspectives of the dominant biomedical model of mental health care used in industrialized countries, and the increasing trend in the use of so-called ...