Underrepresented minorities make up just 6 percent of U.S. physicians. Dr. Amber Robins talks about being an underrepresented minority in medicine. Alex Scott/ABC News — -- I wake up at 5 a.m. to ...

What Is a Functional Medicine Doctor? Functional medicine doctors use specialized training and techniques to find the root causes of chronic illnesses. They work holistically, considering the full ...

A naturopathic doctor (ND) is a healthcare professional who practices naturopathic medicine. Naturopathic medicine is an alternative medicine approach that emphasizes using natural medicine and a ...

This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. George Haddad had ...

The number of osteopathic doctors has increased dramatically. People still don’t know what they are. By Teddy Rosenbluth By most measures, osteopathic medicine is a profession in its prime. The number ...

Allopathic medicine is another term for conventional, or modern Western medicine. It is an evidence-based system where doctors and other healthcare professionals treat symptoms using conventional ...

Dr. Bedard is a geriatrician, a palliative care doctor and a writer. The confirmation hearing for Dr. Casey Means was delayed on Thursday. Reports suggest Dr. Means is in labor. Dr. Casey Means, ...

"You had to pay the fee, or the doctor wasn't going to see you anymore." That was the takeaway for Terri Marroquin of Midland, Texas, when her longtime physician began charging a membership fee in ...

Dr. Katherine Pannel was initially thrilled to see President Donald Trump’s physician is a doctor of osteopathic medicine. A practicing D.O. herself, she loved seeing another glass ceiling broken for ...

Western and Eastern medicine refers to two different systems of medicine. Western medicine prescribes specific drugs for a disease. In contrast, Eastern medicine focuses on treating the person as a ...

Everyone has a body. To take care of it, you’ll need to stay active. But no matter how careful you are, at some point or another, you may injure yourself. Should you see a doctor right away? Or is it ...