tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23549479913468759002024-03-13T21:44:32.852-05:00University of Illinois, Evolutionary Medicine, Spring 2014The class blog for Anthropology 249, Spring 2014.KateClancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266484364483890008noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-83995974355166040062014-05-04T22:13:00.001-05:002014-05-04T22:13:12.870-05:00Searcher- Anti-breastfeeding Employers
This past week in class we discussed the differences in
breast feeding habits between different countries. This article on New York
Times states just why the United States has such a low level of breastfeeding.
As a developed country much of our female population is employed and
unfortunately we are one of the few countries that offers employed women help
with maternity. Many employers do Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00623849567114971327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-62002304722307263582014-05-02T13:14:00.000-05:002014-05-02T13:14:01.165-05:00Searcher
I think that breastfeeding at an old age is weird. A child should not need
to drink his/her mother’s milk if they are able to ingest other types of food.
I understand if a mother wants to give her child breast milk instead of
formula, but when the child moves on to harder food they should not need to
consume the breast milk. In this article I found it is talking about a women
that breastfed Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232962398033688708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-29903884366724931112014-05-01T22:52:00.000-05:002014-05-01T22:52:19.644-05:00Searcher Response 5/1/2014 - Breastfeeding and Infant HealthWhile reading the articles and our posts on this blog about general opinions and first impressions of breastfeeding I became increasingly worried about society's viewpoint regarding breasts as taboo over the health of a child. I am saddened by the fact that the over-sexualization of breasts has potentially decreased the health of a child. I believe that educating not just mothers, butAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18094992617193342603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-91225206320988105312014-05-01T21:00:00.001-05:002014-05-01T21:00:39.994-05:00Searcher - 6 Reactions to Breastfeeding
I have never actually seen someone breast-feeding in public.
When I first thought about it, I imagined I would be very uncomfortable if I
did see it. I know many people who would even be offended by this. After the
readings and discussions this week, I am beginning to think this is a little
ridiculous. In the article I found, Supriya Kelkar talks about the six
reactions to nursing in public. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18054685096933954501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-15502515199570622942014-05-01T19:22:00.002-05:002014-05-01T19:22:54.508-05:00Searcher- Nursing in Public
This week’s topic about breastfeeding has been very
interesting to me, because breastfeeding in America has been a topic that has
been lingering in my head for a very long time. As I mentioned in class, in
Africa, women are free to nurse in public and no one looks at them with discuss
or makes a judgment. Nursing in public has been embraced within our culture,
and it is natural to us. Seeing Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03874593378479726950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-49125036856180614652014-05-01T11:59:00.000-05:002014-05-01T11:59:23.163-05:00Searcher- More U.S moms embrace breastfeeding This week we have been discussing the pros of breastfeeding, and how moms in America respond to it. When the class was asked how many of us had witnessed breastfeeding only about half had actually witnessed someone breastfeeding. We talked about how common it is for individuals in America to look at moms breastfeeding in somewhat of a shameful view, believing they shouldn't do it in public and itAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04683647731538766657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-17651847087408714452014-04-27T21:51:00.001-05:002014-04-27T21:51:11.819-05:00"Is Breast Truly Best" First Reader
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01257293587732692207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-3683309712931657142014-04-27T21:28:00.000-05:002014-04-27T21:29:33.807-05:00The Breastfeeding Argument
The need for further research into the composition of breast milk, its physiological effects on the development of infants, and its potential long-term health benefits seems to be the overarching theme of this week’s readings.
The authors of these blogs make clear this necessity for more research by addressing a study by Colen and Ramey that was a bit too presumptuous in its conclusion that Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07842353481655002908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-21880238466716760442014-04-27T21:21:00.001-05:002014-04-27T21:21:58.307-05:00Breastfeeding Concerns
I have to say that the readings for this week completely blew me away. I knew that there has always been much controversy or even just talk over mother’s milk, but I never realized the full extent of the topic. What really struck me was Melanie’s picture comparison on the components present in breast milk versus formulas. I already knew that breast milk is almost always the better option when Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03181908050806701488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-65811484131447939452014-04-26T13:35:00.000-05:002014-04-26T13:35:04.185-05:00Breastfeeding: Why the Debate Is (Or Should Be) Over (First Reader)
The breastfeeding debate—should you or shouldn’t you?—seems
to crop up every few years and never answers the question definitively. Instead,
what usually results is finger wagging in the direction of the “bad mothers”
who do/don’t breastfeed (depending on whichever way the wind is blowing at the time).
The Colen and Ramey article under consideration doesn’t
appear to add anything new toAnna Copperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02333994563684216964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-50358124624228659242014-04-26T12:55:00.001-05:002014-04-28T11:34:50.314-05:00The Benefits of Breast Milk? -First ResponderUntil recently, I had never given a second thought to the difference between using formula and breast milk. I have always thought that breast milk was better than formula, because of all the good things it passes between mom and baby, only some of which include: immune factors, growth agents, and beneficial bacteria. In class, we've already spoken about how beneficial good bacteria is, and how Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14520738521006357963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-15247371754505379162014-04-20T23:42:00.000-05:002014-04-20T23:42:10.649-05:00Sexual Health, First ResponderIn most of my blog posts I think I tend to be a bit over-idealistic. I'll do that again here, but try to follow a rational thought process. From reading the article regarding HPV vaccinations, I do see the possibility of almost if not completely eradicating HPV (assuming the vaccine works) similar to the eradication of small pox. Logically, this would require that every person eventually be Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12651902770126005058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-2502413957533256712014-04-17T21:57:00.001-05:002014-04-17T21:57:54.648-05:00Week 12 Searcher
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs194/en/
This is the World Health Organization (WHO) website and it
describes the current antimicrobial resistance problem that is facing the
world. It talks specifically about what antimicrobial resistance is, some of
the current illnesses that are antimicrobial resistant, what the effects of
this are and how they are working to counteract this. WhatKristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377935660235992743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-64818984338934830952014-04-17T21:02:00.000-05:002014-04-17T21:02:26.220-05:00Searcher -Antibiotic Resistance-
In class, we discussed
ways to fight against unicellular organisms. One way was with antibiotics. We
said that a big problem with using antibiotics to combat some types of diseases
was that bacteria eventually form a resistance and the antibiotic becomes less
and less effective. That got me
thinking, “can we somehow work around the bacteria’s ability to resist
antibiotics?” Turns out, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753819153978507240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-14645038869037578922014-04-17T15:56:00.000-05:002014-04-17T15:56:29.153-05:00searcherhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121003082734.htm
This article that I found talks about how the increase in allergies is not from being too clean, basically over doing hygiene, but from losing touch with "old friends." The idea this article brings up of "old friends" is the loss of microbes our immune systems evolved with. This article also points out to say that microbial exposure isCarmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522887492570350067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-66089134368505992462014-04-17T14:05:00.002-05:002014-04-17T14:05:35.998-05:00Searcher Microbiomes
Learning about
Microbiome’s in class this week really interested me. I have never learned much
about them and I thought that it was interesting that they are helpful bacteria
to us, yet many people still try to kill them off. This week I found an article
about antibiotics and their effect on Mircobiomes. Reading “Good for the Gut”
at the end I looked at the comments and someone commented about Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03007663004191343803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-62660692468761159472014-04-15T23:52:00.000-05:002014-04-15T23:52:48.025-05:00First RespondentOne of my colleagues made a post highlighting the potential benefits of using helminths in treatment of diseases such as ulcerative colitis. I too, look at this optimistically, but as another of my colleagues mentioned, this is only a case study and not a proper random sample. The article mentioned that the helminths used would normally have some negative side-affects, but it did not mention Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12651902770126005058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-25784689853211093382014-04-15T21:57:00.003-05:002014-04-15T21:57:37.344-05:00Week 12 SearcherThis week our focus is on the immune system and infectious diseases. Although we may not cover it entirely, I decided to research articles on "cures" for diseases, as the "For the Good of the Gut" article inspired me. Oftentimes doctors are pushed to pedal pharmaceuticals on patients as in previous times, these have diminished diseases. However, what did the human body do before large drug Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16328478987828266251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-11991622383454072802014-04-14T01:38:00.001-05:002014-04-14T01:38:54.033-05:00First Reader<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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First of all, wow. I would never ever willingly consume stomach parasites as a form of therapy or treatment. For me it is likened to that of leeching as a barbaric form of treatment. However, the results of Loke’s study are shocking and bizarre. He found that ulcerative colitis symptoms can be significantly reduced with helminths infection because the worms stimulate mucus Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14344772309784301192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-80634859597159879972014-04-13T16:39:00.001-05:002014-04-13T16:39:34.022-05:00These Old Friends of Ours (Respondent)
One of the first
readers makes a good point about the increased prevalence of certain autoimmune
disease and inflammatory disorders in urban centers: our current problems are the result result of a tradeoff. The elimination of harmful bacteria through antibiotics
was a game-changer. While the grave problems the misuse of antibiotics has caused in
treating what should be easily-curable infectionsAnna Copperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02333994563684216964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-32575960266567319992014-04-13T15:26:00.001-05:002014-04-13T15:26:10.898-05:00First Response 4/12This weeks topic of bacteria and parasite exposure in order to treat or prevent diseases both interested me as well as left me feeling doubtful. The data that was presented by Jabr article on stomach parasites as well as the Rook reading on bacteria exposure and it's effect on autoimmune function and development were both fairly strong points and made a lot of sense. I completely believe that a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08725468541705406503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-61430094267654864372014-04-10T23:53:00.001-05:002014-04-10T23:53:24.713-05:00The Grandmother hypothesis applies to whales too!This article actually helped me to understand the grandmother hypothesis a little more. Whales are similar to humans in that females live long past menopause. I know we had discussed it in class, but it now makes sense to me that females would be the ones to aid fitness as a trade off from losing fertility. It is also very interesting to see such a similar social environment in whales as exists Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12651902770126005058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2354947991346875900.post-52237802107336313552014-04-10T23:30:00.000-05:002014-04-10T23:34:07.610-05:00Searcher: Aubrey de Grey - 8 years later
I had watched Aubrey de Grey’s TedTalk at least twice before we watched it in class on Monday. I found it fascinating. Could an unlimited extension of the human lifespan really be possible? And within my lifetime? Although I certainly was not (and still am not) banking on this happening, the thought was, admittedly, slightly comforting. People were actually doing Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07842353481655002908noreply@blogger.com0