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Medicine is a field of science and practice that involves the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of various medical conditions. Medicine has evolved greatly over the centuries, and today it is a complex field that involves a broad range of disciplines, including pharmacology, epidemiology, toxicology, physiology, pathology, and many more. In this section, you can find news and articles about the latest developments in medicine and healthcare, as well as videos that provide insight into the world of medicine.
The Times article is behind a paywall, but the EMPH article is freely available: The Maternal Nutritional Buffering Model: an evolutionary framework for pregnancy nutritional intervention Zaneta M Thayer, Julienne Rutherford, Christopher W Kuzawa Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 14–27, https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoz037 https://academic.oup.com/emph/article/2020/1/14/5711288?searchresult=1 Abstract Evidence that fetal nutrition influences adult health has heightened…
New evidence confirms that telomeres are shaped by the tradeoff between cancer vulnerability and faster aging. DeBoy, E. A., Tassia, M. G., Schratz, K. E., Yan, S. M., Cosner, Z. L., McNally, E. J., Gable, D. L., Xiang, Z., Lombard, D. B., Antonarakis, E. S., Gocke, C. D., McCoy, R. C., & Armanios, M. (2023).…
The 25th anniversary celebration of University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy will feature two conferences on evolutionary medicine. All are welcome but registration is required. June 21 2023. 14:00-17:30 The changing landscape of health: any role for evolutionary medicine?Speakers include Randolph M. Nesse, University of Michigan; Giorgio Manzi, Sapienza University of Rome; Guido Barbujani, University of…
Editorial On evolutionary medicine and health disparitiesC Brandon Ogbunugafor, Fatimah JacksonReviewEmbedded racism: Inequitable niche construction as a neglected evolutionary process affecting healthPaula Ivey Henry, Meredith R Spence Beaulieu, Angelle Bradford, Joseph L Graves JrOriginal researchWealth, health and inequality in Agta foragersAbigail E Page, Milagros Ruiz, Mark Dyble, Daniel Major-Smith, Andrea B Migliano, Sarah MyersChildbirth fear…
Tobler R, Souilmi Y, Huber CD, Bean N, Turney CSM, Grey ST, Cooper A. The role of genetic selection and climatic factors in the dispersal of anatomically modern humans out of Africa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 May 30;120(22):e2213061120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2213061120. Epub 2023 May 23. PMID: 37220274. Abstract The evolutionarily recent dispersal…
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich invites applications for an Assistant Professorship with Tenure Track for "One Health with Focus in Evolution". The One Health Institute (OHI) is a newly founded institute at the University of Zurich, which will hold initially three professorships in One Health with respective focus areas in evolution,…
The School of Human Evolution and Social Change, the Institute of Human Origins, and the Center for Evolution and Medicine at Arizona State University welcome applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar working with Dr. Ben Trumble. The area of specialization will be focused on endocrine and immune physiology related to aging, and/or biomarkers related to…