The Resource Survival of the sickest : a medical maverick discovers why we need disease, Sharon Moalem ; with Jonathan Prince
Survival of the sickest : a medical maverick discovers why we need disease, Sharon Moalem ; with Jonathan Prince
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- Summary
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- Invites readers to change their perceptions about illness in order to understand disease as an essential component of the evolutionary process, citing the role of such malaises as diabetes, STDs, and the Avian Bird Flu in protecting the survival of the human race
- Was diabetes evolutions response to the last Ice Age? Did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Will a visit to the tanning salon help lower your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on- or off? Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria. Through a fresh and engaging examination of our evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. When the option is a long life with a disease or a short one without it, evolution opts for disease almost every time. Everything from the climate our ancestors lived in to the crops they planted and ate to their beverage of choice can be seen in our genetic inheritance. But Survival of the Sickest doesnt stop there. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives
- Survival of the Sickest is filled with fascinating insights and cutting-edge research, presented in a way that is both accessible and utterly absorbing. This is a book about the interconnectedness of all life on earth-and, especially, what that means for us. Also includes information on African Americans, aging, anemia, cancer, climate change, DNA, epigenetics, evolution, fava beans, favism, Guinea worm, hemochromatosis, immune system, iron, jumping genes, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, Latinos, malaria, maternal effect, methylation, mutations, Native Americans, pregnancy, sunlight, viruses, Younger Dryas, etc
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages)
- Contents
-
- Hey, Bud, can you do me a fava?
- ch. 5.
- Of microbes and men
- ch. 6.
- Jump into the gene pool
- ch. 7.
- Methyl madness : road to the final phenotype
- ch. 8.
- That's life : why you and your iPod must die
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- ch. 1
- Ironing it out
- ch. 2. A
- spoonful of sugar helps the temperature go down
- ch. 3. The
- cholesterol also rises
- ch. 4.
- Label
- Survival of the sickest : a medical maverick discovers why we need disease
- Title
- Survival of the sickest
- Title remainder
- a medical maverick discovers why we need disease
- Statement of responsibility
- Sharon Moalem ; with Jonathan Prince
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Invites readers to change their perceptions about illness in order to understand disease as an essential component of the evolutionary process, citing the role of such malaises as diabetes, STDs, and the Avian Bird Flu in protecting the survival of the human race
- Was diabetes evolutions response to the last Ice Age? Did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Will a visit to the tanning salon help lower your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on- or off? Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria. Through a fresh and engaging examination of our evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. When the option is a long life with a disease or a short one without it, evolution opts for disease almost every time. Everything from the climate our ancestors lived in to the crops they planted and ate to their beverage of choice can be seen in our genetic inheritance. But Survival of the Sickest doesnt stop there. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives
- Survival of the Sickest is filled with fascinating insights and cutting-edge research, presented in a way that is both accessible and utterly absorbing. This is a book about the interconnectedness of all life on earth-and, especially, what that means for us. Also includes information on African Americans, aging, anemia, cancer, climate change, DNA, epigenetics, evolution, fava beans, favism, Guinea worm, hemochromatosis, immune system, iron, jumping genes, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, Latinos, malaria, maternal effect, methylation, mutations, Native Americans, pregnancy, sunlight, viruses, Younger Dryas, etc
- Cataloging source
- DNLM/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moalem, Sharon
- Dewey number
- 616/.042
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RB155
- LC item number
- .M59 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2007 C-748
- QZ 50
- NLM item number
- M687s 2007
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Prince, Jonathan
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Disease susceptibility
- Human evolution
- Natural selection
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Biological Evolution
- Genetic Variation
- Survival
- Label
- Survival of the sickest : a medical maverick discovers why we need disease, Sharon Moalem ; with Jonathan Prince
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-253) and index
- Contents
-
- Hey, Bud, can you do me a fava?
- ch. 5.
- Of microbes and men
- ch. 6.
- Jump into the gene pool
- ch. 7.
- Methyl madness : road to the final phenotype
- ch. 8.
- That's life : why you and your iPod must die
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- ch. 1
- Ironing it out
- ch. 2. A
- spoonful of sugar helps the temperature go down
- ch. 3. The
- cholesterol also rises
- ch. 4.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036952662
- Label
- Survival of the sickest : a medical maverick discovers why we need disease, Sharon Moalem ; with Jonathan Prince
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-253) and index
- Contents
-
- Hey, Bud, can you do me a fava?
- ch. 5.
- Of microbes and men
- ch. 6.
- Jump into the gene pool
- ch. 7.
- Methyl madness : road to the final phenotype
- ch. 8.
- That's life : why you and your iPod must die
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- ch. 1
- Ironing it out
- ch. 2. A
- spoonful of sugar helps the temperature go down
- ch. 3. The
- cholesterol also rises
- ch. 4.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036952662
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