#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 Okt 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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Nov 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 Okt 201644min
#9 Extreme Environment Encephalopathy and Zombies
Joe Alcock is joined by guest Darryl Macias who describes his recent expedition to Shishapangma to help with a body recovery at high altitude. We also discuss the brain at its limits in extreme enviro...
23 Sep 201651min
#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 Sep 201627min
# 7 Teaching Evolutionary Medicine
How evolution can teach students healthy skepticism in medicine. Will robots replace doctors?
2 Sep 201624min
