The Hygiene Hypothesis and Darwinian Medicine–Book Review

A constructively critical appraisal of the hygiene hypothesis in evolutionary perspective Book Review: The Hygiene Hypothesis and Darwinian Medicine Graham A.W. Rook, Editor,Progres  s in Inflammation Research, Michael J. Parnham, Series Editor Birkhäuser Verlag AG,...

Evolution in Health and Medicine: PNAS supplement published

This Supplement includes 18 open access papers from an April, 2009  Sackler Colloquium at the National Academy of Sciences: Evolution in Health and Medicine Sackler Colloquium Citation: Evolution in Health and Medicine, PNAS, Vol 107 (suppl 1), 1691-1808, 2010. Links...

What’s for Dinner? Researchers Seek Our Ancestors’ Answers

By Ann Gibbons in Science DOI: 10.1126/science.326.5959.1478 This vivid article describes one of five workgroups at a meeting on  Evolution and Diseases of Modern Environments attended by 80 scientists in October, 2009 at the Berlin Charite Hospital.  The article...

Diseases of Modern Environments–Workshop Reports

This post compiles reports from the five Workshops at the Meeting Evolution and Diseases of Modern Environments, at the Berlin Charite Hospital, October, 2009.  The workshops were held in conjunction with The World Health Summit. Diet and Nutrition Workshop Report...