Have you ever heard the phrase, “Treat the cause, not just the symptoms”? Functional medicine practitioners are aiming to do just that. “Functional medicine is a whole-person approach to health, focusing on optimizing the body’s function to not only prevent and treat disease, but to help you live strong and age well,” says Susan S. Blum, MD, MPH, founder and director of The Blum Center for Health, in Rye Brook, NY, an integrative wellness center. Read more: