#14 Epigenetics with Coffee
Coffee Brown and Joe Alcock return to talk about epigenetics. Does it pose a challenge to Darwinian evolution? Does epigenetics vindicate Lamarkism, the inheritance of aquired characteristics? We mix ...
18 Loka 201757min
Too Sweet Or Just Right
In this 13th episode of the EvolutionMedicine 'cast Joe Alcock discusses the recent New England Journal of Medicine article about intensive insulin treatment for hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) in cr...
25 Touko 201723min
#12 A Vitamin For Sepsis
Can a little vitamin C given IV help cure sepsis. Recently this idea got a lot of press, and a trial of hydrocortisone and vitamin C was published in the journal Chest. Does this make any sense? What ...
2 Touko 201716min
#11 High anxiety with Coffee Brown - a discussion about stress
Coffee Brown MD joins Joe Alcock to discuss whether stress is good or bad for us. We also discuss the election and the idea that stress hormones play a role in political choices.
14 Marras 20161h 28min
#10 Evolution Of Dietary Inflammation With Melissa Franklin
Joe Alcock and Melissa Franklin PhD explain why some diets cause inflammation and others don't. The answer, as usual, involves the microbiome, and in our evolutionary biology. We also discuss how the ...
5 Loka 201644min
#8 Altitude Adaptation And Maladaptation
Native people of the Andes can cope with high altitude better than the rest of us genetic lowlanders. How is this so? We cover the evolutionary biology of high altitude peoples of the Andes, Himalayas...
2 Syys 201627min
# 7 Teaching Evolutionary Medicine
How evolution can teach students healthy skepticism in medicine. Will robots replace doctors?
2 Syys 201624min
