Evolutionary Medicine: Does evolution matter to our modern health?

We got to be the way we are thanks to evolution, but what role does evolution play in our health today? If the disconnect between the environment we evolved in and the one we live In today contributes to health issues like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, should you try eating like a cave dweller? How are our actions contributing to evolution in the things that can make us sick, like bacteria, viruses, parasites and even our own cancer cells? And how can understanding our evolutionary past help us make better decisions about our health today?

Dr Tamara Varney, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology participated in the Science Café series of discussions recently in Sudbury. The topic of the discussion in the Science Café was “Evolutionary Medicine: Does evolution matter to our modern health?” held on Tuesday, February 10^th at one of the local cafés in Sudbury, the laughing Buddha. These Science café  discussions take leading experts in various fields to form a discussion panel, they hold the event at a relaxed and informal location and open the discussion to the public so that they can interact and be involved in the discussion. For this recent Science Café see the link http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2015/02/12-science-cafe-evolut...