Darwinian medicine

This is a very interesting article about evolutionary medicine, a new area that some scientists are exploring. These scientists are assessing the adaptive and non-adaptive functioning of the human body and of various illnesses and symptoms that people suffer from, in order to better inform medical treatment. The insights of this approach are quite brilliant. For example, the morning sickness experienced by pregnant women may actually be a way for the body to avoid miscarriages resulting from the ingestion of spoiled or toxic food.