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Advances in Medicine
Volume 2017, Article ID 1718957, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1718957
Review Article

A Systems Medicine Approach: Translating Emerging Science into Individualized Wellness

J. S. Bland,1 D. M. Minich,2,3 and B. M. Eck4

1Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
2Institute for Functional Medicine, Federal Way, WA, USA
3University of Western States, Portland, OR, USA
4Metagenics, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA, USA

Correspondence should be addressed to D. M. Minich; moc.liamtoh@hcinimannaed

Received 6 June 2017; Revised 25 August 2017; Accepted 2 October 2017; Published 15 October 2017

Academic Editor: Spilios Manolakopoulos

Copyright © 2017 J. S. Bland et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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