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How did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Will a visit to the tanning salon help bring down your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on—or off?
Survival of the Sickest reveals the answers to these and many other questions as it unravels the amazing connections between evolution, disease, and human health today.
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.
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.
Read it. You're already living it.
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Hemochromatosis, bloodletting, Diabetes, climate change, brown fat, vitamin D, cholesterol, malaria, guinea worms, transposable elements, childhood obesity, cancer cells, Biological Evolution, Diseases, Disease susceptibility, Disease susceptibility--Genetic aspects, Evolution, Genetic aspects, Genetic aspects of Disease susceptibility, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, genetics, Genetic Variation, Human evolution, life sciences, Medical, mirror, Natural selection, Nonfiction, Physiology, science, Survival, Survival--physiology, Variation (Genetics), Diseases and history, Longevity, Medicine, popularShowing 4 featured editions. View all 19 editions?
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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity
2008, Harper, HarperPerennial
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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers the Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity
2007-01, HarperCollins e-books
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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
2007, William Morrow
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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity is a 2007 New York Times Bestselling science book by Sharon Moalem, an evolutionary biologist and neurogeneticist, and Jonathan Prince, senior advisor and speechwriter for the Clinton administration. It was originally titled, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease.
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