Circadian medicine might be one of the first modern disciplines to push medicine to shift from organ-based to systems-based thinking. The resistance it faces is not solely due to institutional inertia but it may reveal something more fundamental: a challenge to the very framework that organises medicine's knowledge, trains clinicians, and structures reimbursement. The silo problem is not just a side issue in its adoption; it could be at its core.
Oh, I sure hope you're right, Dr. Hunter! It would be incredible to shift the current system toward whole-person health. You nailed it, though, the framework that organizes the system is a beast.
Very informative piece. The concept of pharmaceutical intervention by small molecules to improve / Restore Circadian oscillations with aging puts this field at the center of Geroscience as well
Circadian medicine might be one of the first modern disciplines to push medicine to shift from organ-based to systems-based thinking. The resistance it faces is not solely due to institutional inertia but it may reveal something more fundamental: a challenge to the very framework that organises medicine's knowledge, trains clinicians, and structures reimbursement. The silo problem is not just a side issue in its adoption; it could be at its core.
Oh, I sure hope you're right, Dr. Hunter! It would be incredible to shift the current system toward whole-person health. You nailed it, though, the framework that organizes the system is a beast.
Very informative piece. The concept of pharmaceutical intervention by small molecules to improve / Restore Circadian oscillations with aging puts this field at the center of Geroscience as well
Yes, there is a strong tie to that discipline as well! I will see what I can pull together for an article on that for the future.