The Crying Need for: Medical Integrators

Medical Integrators

• Integrating Information across:
  • Immunology
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Psychiatry/Psychology
  • Etc.

 

• It is beyond frustrating to know that we have so much research BUT we don't have an effective means to integrate it in a "timely and responsible manner."
  

 

• We've heard a lot about the need to re-allocate resources in the Society to address COMPLEX PROBLEMS in CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

 

• We need to think about re-allocating resources, creating/expanding work in MEDICINE to deal with an EXPLOSION OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH which is exposing that Medical Disciplines are not sufficiently INTEGRATED.

Understanding how SYSTEMIC DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION and INFLAMMATION ACQUIRED during the lifetime impact HEALTH OUTCOMES is critically important to many chronic diseases, neuro-developmental differences/disorders and psychiatric disorders.

I think there's a vague understanding with regard to INFLAMMATION --- but New & Growing Knowledge regarding the RAMIFICATIONS of SYSTEMIC DEVELOPMENTAL INFLAMMATION ----

• has the potential to transform our Society and
• it may be one of the keys to INTEGRATING various medical disciplines.

The Impact of Systemic Inflammation on Neurodevelopment (2018)

Cytokines and neurodevelopment

In the past several decades, inflammation has been increasingly recognized as an important contributor to central nervous system (CNS) injury in both the developing and adult brain.

The brain is particularly vulnerable in utero as well as during infancy and early childhood, and insults that occur during these critical periods have the potential to cause long-term damage.

Several neurodevelopmental disorders have been linked to early life immune activation and inflammation, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD), schizophrenia, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, cognitive impairment, and depression .