Club EvMed Posts

Peto’s Paradox, the apparent lack of association between body size and cancer prevalence across species – has remained one of the most enchanting, elusive, and…

Probiotics are living microorganisms that are increasingly used as gastrointestinal therapeutics by virtue of their innate or engineered genetic function. Unlike abiotic therapeutics, probiotics can…

We know more about the costs of chronic stress than the benefits of the acute stress response – an adaptive response that buffers organisms from…

Jesse Shapiro and Abu Sayeed describe a nation-wide surveillance program of diarrheal patients of Bangladesh. An exploratory metagenomic analysis of stool samples from cholera patients…

Bringing Up Baby, by Paul Turke, argues that so-called ‘evidence-based medicine’ is limited to the extent that it often ignores half of the scientific method–the…

Biodiversity, human health, and food security can all be impacted by invasive rodents. These negative impacts are particularly seen on islands, where rodent eradications with…

This Club EvMed event occurred on January 31, 2025. Learn more about Club EvMed at https://clubevmed.org. This conversation was led by Carlo Maley,Sareh Seyedi, and…

Play is an essential part of childhood, and growing attention has focused on the potential health benefits of ‘risky’ or ‘thrill-seeking’ play. Such play is readily…

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women, who are nine times more likely than men to develop an acute form of heart…

This Club EvMed event occurred on May 14, 2024. Learn more about Club EvMed at https://clubevmed.org. This conversation was led by Dr. Mary Shenk and…