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READ IT.
YOU'RE ALREADY LIVING IT
Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? l)id a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Will a visit to the tanning salon help lower vour cholesterol? Why do we age? Whv 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 it, evolution opts for disease almost every time.
Everything from the climate our ancestors 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 doesn't 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.
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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 3 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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-253) and index.
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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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