Evolutionary medicine

Richard Owen “What a strange man to be envious of a naturalist like myself, immeasurably his inferior!” – Charles Darwin 8th May, 1860. Richard Owen was known for many great achievements and awards in his lifetime. Richard Owen was born on July 20, 1804 in Lancaster, England. Owen was educated at Lancaster Grammar School and was apprenticed in 1820 to a group of Lancaster surgeons said by The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. Richard Owen was later admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons of…

Lifestyle changes were prescribed along with a list of medications and other therapies. Over the span of a few months, medicine became the forefront of my reading, my writing, and my cooking. I performed literature reviews on foods, practices, and supplements and stopped using certain ingredients entirely. I saw the work as an opportunity to reduce the incidence of symptoms…

POSITIVE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON MEDICINE Technology has become part of human lives. According to Healthcare news & Insights (2014), technology forms a crucial aspect in every industry as well as in our particular lives, which help to save many lives around the world . Medical technologies such as biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical devices have become the world in a place with more opportunities. Furthermore, these medical technologies allow humans to perform incredible…

joining an evolutionary biology lab questioning the phenotypic plasticity of vertebrates, serving as a student manager of a residence hall, and tutoring children at my local mosque at home. While I made treasured lifelong connections, I still hadn’t found ‘the mindset’. Two years of college had passed, and I was no closer to discovering any future endeavors. There was a glass ceiling holding my passion back, and I wasn’t sure how to break…

Borderline of Mexico and the United States, and developed a connection between the long-standing traditions of spirituality burdening the advancements of human evolution. The Secret Life of Plants by Ferris Jabr describes how "kin selection has an evolutionary rationale because it increases the chances that the genes an individual shares with its relatives will be passed to the next generation". This enhances the view of the benefits of cultural significance in medicinal practices because it…

The experiment with twins began with an in depth examination of both heads that could last for days. X-rays were taken of each twin’s entire body for further examination. The twins had tubes forced into their noses and lungs. These tubes allowed for the ventilation of agas which made them cough so much they had to be restrained. Anything that the victims coughed up was collected for examination. For many days the twins were photographed so the doctors could investigate their hair patterns. They…

The field of medicine is ever evolving, requiring physicians and healthcare facilities to rely on more mid-level practitioners, such as PAs, to be able to meet the demands of health care and wellness, while maintaining the quality of care. Working with a supervising physician and other team members in the health care industry, a PA’s role bridges the gap between clinical staff and the provider. As a mid-level practitioner, the PA is able to participate in the practice of medicine under the…

"Predictors of Patient Self-Ratings of Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease." American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 10, 19 Oct. 2011, pp. 881-90. US National Library of Medicine Pub Med. Accessed 15 July 2017. This research study group compared quality of life (QOL) scores of Alzheimer's patients with that of their caregivers. When caregivers were studied for depression, anxiety and caregiver fatigue they often correlated…

schizophrenia could be a consequence of the brain’s high metabolism when energy problems arise; characterized by psychosis and cognitive impairments (1,2). Moreover, Scientists recently developed a way to test this theory, where it focuses on medicine and evolutionary genetics that compare gene expression and the concentration of metabolites in the brains of both individuals with schizophrenia and without schizophrenia, and it determined that genes and metabolites are related to energy…

in helping humans discover characteristics regarding illnesses such as heart disease and cancer that plague a significant portion of our population. Understanding the diseases that harm humans is extremely important for the future of science and medicine. However, genetics is not the only thing that rats share with humans. They also share intelligence, emotions and sociability, yet the Animal Welfare Act does not consider them to be animals under their federal law due to a change in 2002 (Farm…