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ReviewScience advances2025

Intrinsic health as a foundation for a science of health.

Alan A Cohen, Martin Picard, John R Beard, Daniel W Belsky, Julie Herbstman, Christine L Kuryla, Molei Liu, Nour Makarem, Daniel Malinsky, Sen Pei and 2 more

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Review in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Alan A CohenRobert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4113-3988
Martin PicardRobert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2835-0478
John R BeardRobert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8557-0242
Daniel W BelskyRobert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5463-2212
Julie HerbstmanDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5531-163X
Christine L KurylaRobert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0489-2627
Molei LiuDepartment of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1890-4449
Nour MakaremDepartment of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5230-8689
Daniel MalinskyDepartment of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Sen PeiDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7072-2995
Ying WeiDepartment of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7164-8109
Linda P FriedRobert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Funding

Supplemental Training in Making Data FAIR and AI/ML ReadyT32ES007322 · NIEHS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Pam R Factor-Litvak, Allison Kupsco · 2000 to 2026
$12.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007322
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The health sciences largely focus on disease. However, the interconnected determinants of diseases suggest that we need a science of health, a framework to examine the biology of homeodynamics in a changing environment and how this affects the health we value. We build on first principles and recent discoveries on biological system dynamics to develop the concept of intrinsic health, a field-like state emerging from the dynamic interplay of energy, communication, and structure within the organism, giving rise to robustness/resilience, plasticity, performance, and sustainability. Intrinsic health is a quantifiable property of individuals that declines with age and interacts with context. We propose a measurement framework and describe how it will contribute to achieving the shared goals of medicine and public health.

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HealthHealth StatusPublic HealthHumans

Identifiers

PMID40532003
PMCPMC12175904

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