While the “biomedical” model of health and disease does continue to dominate much of current medical practice, that perspective is changing as reflected in the proposed changes to the World Health ...

The Biopsychosocial Model of Illness (“the BPS model”), first conceptualized in 1977 by George Engel, broadens the prevailing biomedical model of illness. The biomedical model views illness as ...

The United States’ epidemic of diet-related illness, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, is responsible for a significant portion of the nation’s health burden, ...

Verily is deepening its partnerships with health systems and academic medical institutions to power biomedical research. | ...