Darwinian Medicine

Darwinian medicine is a method of finding explanations for vulnerabilities to diseases from an evolutionary standpoint. Darwinian medicine doesn't look for the causes of diseases for an individual, but instead looks at why everyone is vulnerable to a certain disease. The observations of pregnancy sickness and spices are two wonderful examples of Darwinian Medicine in action. Why is there pregnancy sickness? Pregnancy sickness is something that is present in almost every pregnant woman around the …

…the early months of pregnancy serves to protect the mother and the embryo from food borne illnesses. Darwinian Medicine is key in unlocking the mysteries of why everyone is vulnerable to certain things. Even the simplest things, like why we bruise, or why we get fevers have a deeper reason. Researchers like Profet and Billing and Sherman help bring us closer to understanding why certain things are universal, and why they are beneficial to us.