Pontzer, H., D. A. Raichlen, et al. (2012). “Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity.” PLoS ONE 7(7): e40503 (open access) Western lifestyles differ markedly from those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, and these differences in diet and activity level...
By Poljsak B, Milisav I. In Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2012;2012:480895. Epub 2012 May 8. (open access) Abstract Oxidative stress arises when there is a marked imbalance between the production and removal of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in favor of the prooxidant balance,...
By John W. Pepper and Simon Rosenfeld in Trends in Ecology and Evolution http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.03.002 (not open access) Abstract: It is increasingly clear that the human gut microbiome has great medical importance, and researchers are beginning to...
Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health Foundation are pleased to announce the launch of the open access journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (EMPH). EMPH publishes original, rigorous applications of evolutionary biology...
The below NYTimes essay is by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, a cardiology professor at U.C.L.A. and Kathryn Bowers, a writer. It is adapted from their forthcoming book “Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing,” The book is the...
