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Health (Mis-) Communication in Medicine: A Preventive Way for Doctors to Preserve Effective Communication in Technologically-Evolved Healthcare Environments Cultural evolution created technologically-advanced contexts that make it difficult for doctors to communicate with patients…Brent C. PottengerMarch 20, 2019
BiologyGenderHealth A Mother’s Mismatch: Why Cancer Has Deep Evolutionary Roots While cancer is not exclusively a disease of modern environments, many modern environmental changes influence…Amy M. BoddyFebruary 25, 2019
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