Crossing the Boundaries of Our Current Healthcare System by Integrating Ultra-Weak Photon Emissions with Metabolomics

The current healthcare system is hampered by a reductionist approach in which diagnostics and interventions focus on a specific target, resulting in medicines that center on generic, static phenomena while excluding inherent dynamic nature of biological processes, let alone psychosocial parameters....

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Published in:Frontiers in physiology 2016-12, Vol.7, p.611-611
Main Authors: Burgos, Rosilene C Rossetto, van Wijk, Eduard P A, van Wijk, Roeland, He, Min, van der Greef, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
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diagnostics
healthcare
Metabolomics
Physiology
system biology
Ultra-weak photon emission
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Summary:The current healthcare system is hampered by a reductionist approach in which diagnostics and interventions focus on a specific target, resulting in medicines that center on generic, static phenomena while excluding inherent dynamic nature of biological processes, let alone psychosocial parameters. In this essay, we present some limitations of the current healthcare system and introduce the novel and potential approach of combining ultra-weak photon emission (UPE) with metabolomics technology in order to provide a dynamic readout of higher organizational systems. We argue that the combination of metabolomics and UPE can bring a new, broader, view of health state and can potentially help to shift healthcare toward more personalized approach that improves patient well-being.
ISSN:1664-042X
1664-042X
DOI:10.3389/fphys.2016.00611