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Evolutionary medicine or Darwinian medicine is the application of modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease. Modern biomedical research and practice have focused on the molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying health and disease, while evolutionary medicine focuses on the question of why evolution has shaped these ...
The health management system (HMS) is an evolutionary medicine regulative process proposed by Nicholas Humphrey [1] [2] in which actuarial assessment of fitness and economic-type cost–benefit analysis determine the body's regulation of its physiology and health.
Evolutionary biology, in particular the understanding of how organisms evolve through natural selection, is an area of science with many practical applications. [1] [2] Creationists often claim that the theory of evolution lacks any practical applications; however, this claim has been refuted by scientists.
Evolutionary therapy is a subfield of evolutionary medicine that utilizes concepts from evolutionary biology in management of diseases caused by evolving entities such as cancer and microbial infections. [1]
His subsequent research has focused on how natural selection shapes mechanisms that regulate pain, fever, anxiety, low mood, and why emotional disorders are so common. He also has written extensively about the evolutionary origins of moral emotions, and strategies for establishing evolutionary biology as a basic science for medicine. Good ...
Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press for the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. [1] As of 2022, the editor-in-chief is Cynthia Beall (Case Western Reserve University). [2]
Evolutionary medicine – Application of modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease; Evolutionary neuroscience – Study of the evolution of nervous systems; Evolutionary psychology – Branch of psychology Biosocial criminology – Psychosocial examination of crime
Paul W. Ewald (born c. 1953) is an American evolutionary biologist, specializing in the evolutionary ecology of parasitism, evolutionary medicine, agonistic behavior, and pollination biology.