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The Resilience Model of Cancer Care™ (RMOCC) was designed by Naturopathic Oncologist Dr. Dan Rubin ND FABNO.  It is an integrative medical framework that focuses on enhancing the functionality of the human condition rather than relying solely on anti-cancer strategies for success. While conventional treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, and targeted therapies provide the most effective tumor burden reduction, they do not directly promote resilience, which is essential for long-term recovery and improved quality of life. The RMOCC is structured around 16 guiding principles that emphasize the human experience, adaptability, environmental enrichment, and physiological balance in cancer care. A key precept of RMOCC is that change is central to human resilience—patients undergoing cancer treatment experience significant physical, mental, and emotional challenges that require an adaptive approach to healing. The model differentiates empowerment from resilience, recognizing that while empowerment may be a product of resilience, true resilience requires cognitive motivation, creativity, and interconnectedness with both self and community. Further, the biophysiological balance within RMOCC integrates lifestyle medicine, movement therapy, frequency modulation (such as PEMF and EMF mitigation), cognitive retraining, and nature-based healing practices. The model recognizes the importance of epigenetic modulation, nutritional density, and environmental enrichment as essential components of optimizing cancer survivorship and well-being. This presentation will discuss the clinical applications of RMOCC in integrative oncology, highlight case studies demonstrating improved patient outcomes, and explore the potential for resilience-based models to reshape the future of supportive cancer care.

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Plants have been used in traditional medicine since prehistoric times, but synthetic drugs replaced them. Nowadays, there is an increasing tendency to return to a natural lifestyle. Once again, researches are turning to the study of plants to find a solution for health problems that are difficult to treat. Antibiotic resistance is a global health problem. It represents a clinical challenge and affects the economy and general well-being of people. Plants synthesize a great variety of metabolites to defend against environmental factors such as insects or phytopathogens. These metabolites can be obtained in different types of extracts and used by humans as antimicrobials. In addition, there are different strategies that can be applied to improve the antimicrobial activity of plant metabolites, as well as to broaden its spectrum of action. Therefore, we focus on the study of the biological activities of plants growing in northeastern Argentina (Chaco province). We study -by in vitro techniques- the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities of extracts. We evaluate the synergism between different extracts or their metabolites, as well as the synergism between extracts and commercial antibiotics. Promising results were obtained, and this opens a path to think new possibilities for the development of medicines to treat infections. We also work in the area of Pharmaceutical Technology, so we develop some pharmaceutical formulations to apply on skin wounds or oral mucosa from a selection of extracts with better biological activities, thinking of these formulations as an alternative to products including synthetic antibiotics.

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Traditional medicines serve not only as an integral part of medical treatments prescribed by healthcare providers but also as a fundamental reservoir for novel molecular scaffolds. However, gaps remain in understanding their mechanism of activity. A superfamily of membrane proteins, G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), have been demonstrated as potential targets for several isolated compounds from traditional medicines. Given that GPCRs serve as targets for more than one-third of all marketed drugs, they may represent a compelling target for the repurposing of traditional medicines. Despite this potential, research investigating their activity or potential ligands across a library of human GPCRs (collectively, the GPCRome) is scarce. Drawing upon the functional and structural knowledge presently at hand, we contemplate prospective trends in GPCR drug discovery, propose innovative strategies for investigating traditional medicines, and highlight ligand screening approaches for identifying novel drug-like molecules. To unearth bioactive molecules from traditional medicines that either directly bind to GPCRs or indirectly modify their function, we intend to establish a genome-wide pan-GPCR drug discovery platform, which is destined for bioactive components identification, target validation, and pharmacological profiles evaluation of traditional medicines. This platform aims to explore traditional medicines activity at GPCRome utilizing advanced high-throughput screening (HTS) techniques. We present various approaches, utilized by ourselves and others, to illuminate previously unexplored aspects of the traditional medicines and GPCRs.

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Encyclopedia Energy medicine is a field of medicine that explores the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases from an energy perspective. When certain inherent energy vibration frequencies become disturbed, this can also be a cause of disease. Intelligent biological chips integrate artificial intelligence and biosensing technologies, especially wearable health diagnostic devices, to test and regulate biological electromagnetic signals generated by physiological activities of the heart, muscles, brain, and other biological systems, as well as important biological indicators in bodily fluids. I will introduce how energy can be used for the quantitative diagnosis and physical energy regulation of mental diseases such as depression and anxiety through intelligent biological chips, focusing on multi-field effects, multi-directional control, and dynamic adaptability. I will also explore the role of light, electricity, magnetism, fragrance, heat, and especially sound waves and music in the healing and rehabilitation of mental disorders. This lecture will provide an accessible explanation of energy, psychosomatic diseases, and bio-photonics, based on the theories of modern physics and integrative medicine. It will guide curiosity and exploration into the energy world and offer approaches to improving mood, alleviating anxiety, and enhancing learning efficiency—ways that are suitable for each individual’s needs.