Emergence of Evolutionary Medicine: Publication Trends from 1991- 2010 was just published in the Journal of Evolutionary Medicine.

This article explores the domain of evolutionary medicine, conceptualized by the area of overlap shown in the following diagram:

Publication in the area of Evolutionary Medicine is experiencing exponential growth. These are the number of annual publications with keywords “Evolutionary Medicine” between 1991 and 2011 in Google scholar:

A search in PubMed using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Medicine and Biological Evolution reveals a similar pattern:

The term “Darwinian medicine” is becoming less popular than “evolutionary medicine”

Read “Emergence of Evolutionary Medicine” here.

Read a Slide Presentation on Evolutionary Medicine Topics Here:

Trends in Evolutionary Medicine

Joe Alcock MD

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Joe Alcock

Emergency Physician, Educator, Researcher, interested in the microbiome, evolution, and medicine