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The Rise of Functional Medicine: Root-Cause Healthcare for Chronic Conditions
The number of functional medicine (FM) practitioners in the U.S. has seen a dramatic rise, climbing from approximately 5,000 in 2010 to around 40,000 by 2020. Industry projections indicate continued growth in both employment opportunities and comp…
Why Patients Seek Naturopathic Doctors
by Jennifer Landis
Medicine is usually fairly straightforward — patients who are feeling ill seek out the advice of a primary-care doctor — but more and more patients are choosing to look for a naturopathic doctor instead of relying on traditiona…
Top Hospitals Promote Unproven Therapies
Is medicine with a side of mysticism still medicine? Hospitals affiliated with Yale, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and others seem to think so.