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A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
William Morrow
February 2007
On Sale: February 6, 2007
288 pages
ISBN: 0060889659
EAN: 9780060889654
Hardcover
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Read it. You're already living it. Was diabetes evolution's 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 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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