functional medicine

noun

individualized medical care that recognizes the interactions between genetic and environmental factors and between the body's interconnected systems.

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Critics of functional medicine claim that they too are interested in curing, not palliating disease.

Clinton Doc: This Is How We’ll Fix Health Care Daniela Drake June 11, 2014
To be sure, functional medicine or related fields like Lifestyle Medicine may not have all the answers.

Clinton Doc: This Is How We’ll Fix Health Care Daniela Drake June 11, 2014
Mark Hyman, MD, best-selling author, and current chair of the Institute of functional medicine, sees it as anything but quackery.

Clinton Doc: This Is How We’ll Fix Health Care Daniela Drake June 11, 2014

Contemporary definitions for functional medicine

noun

a type of holistic or alternative medicine that analyzes and treats interdependent systems of the body in seeking a dynamic balance for good health

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