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SUMMARY:WEBINAR : "Is Female Health Cyclical? Evolutionary Perspectives on
  Menstruation"
DTSTART:20201204T110000
DTEND:20201204T120000
DTSTAMP:20261002T015011Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Alexandra Alvergne\nIs Female Health Cyclical? Evolution
 ary Perspectives on Menstruation\n\nProf. Alexandra Alvergne\nUniversité 
 de Montpellier\, CNRS\, IRD\, Montpellier\, France\n\n\nWhy do women menst
 ruate at all ? In this talk\, I will draw on an evolutionary medicine appr
 oach to argue that to understand female health\, both reproductive and non
 -reproductive\, it is critical to ask this question. First\, I will introd
 uce current evolutionary hypotheses for explaining why women have periods\
 , and the implications of an evolutionary approach for understanding the t
 ight links between reproductive function and organismal immunity. Second\,
  I will discuss an empirical study testing the idea that negative premenst
 rual symptoms may be exacerbated by the presence of chronic sexually trans
 mitted infections (STIs). Third\, I will present a review assessing the ev
 idence for cyclical immunity and health across the menstrual cycle\, discu
 ssing potential ecological drivers and evolutionary consequences. I will c
 onclude by calling for a shift towards a cyclical model for female health\
 , which I contend will contribute new questions for biomedicine\, public h
 ealth\, and evolutionary ecology.\n\n 
LOCATION:Webinar https://epfl.zoom.us/j/113660323
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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