In the wake of COVID-19, decentralized clinical trials move to center stage
Marcus Banks
Abstract
Energy invested into reproduction is thought to come at the expense of bodily maintenance. Consistent with this hypothesis, women with higher fertility tend to live shorter, less healthy lives. To test whether costs of reproduction are present ...A central prediction of evolutionary theory is that energy invested into reproduction comes at the expense of somatic maintenance and repair, accelerating biological aging. Supporting this prediction are findings that high fertility among women predicts ...
Topics & Concepts
ReproductionFertilityCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Energy (signal processing)Operations managementEconomicsDemographyBiologyEcologySociologyMedicineDiseaseStatisticsPopulationInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyMathematicsClimate Change and Health ImpactsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life