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Sto caricando le informazioni... Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (originale 2007; edizione 2007)di Sharon Moalem
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. While reading this book, I was constantly calling up friends to tell them, "This is so cool! Did you know...?" Absolutely fascinating book on why humans evolved diseases. Very highly recommended. ( ) Survival of the Sickest explores the connections between evolution, disease, and current human health. This book is extremely interesting and engaging, despite the cheesey puns. However, I had hoped for more - more science/medical details, more examples of the evolution-disease-health connections. The book was too short and brief! This book is AWESOME. It's like Freakonomics, only better because it focuses on nerdy genetics-related topics without being inapproachable. I actually had to read this book for school, but it's fascinating--and though I came into this book with a decent working knowledge of genetics (which was really interesting, since it addressed some concepts--jumping genes, using evolution to our advantage to cause viruses to become less virulent, etc.--that challenge some common teachings in Biology 101), I think this book would still be accessible without that knowledge. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML: 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. So why does disease exist? Moalem proposes that most common ailmentsâ??diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemiaâ??came into existence for very good reasons. At some point they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to their existence. Examining the evolution of man, Moalem reveals the role genetic and cultural differences have played in the health and well-being of various races, including their susceptibility to disease. With mesmerizing insight, Moalem offers groundbreaking insight into : â?¢ How diabetes may be a biproduct of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age â?¢ Why African Americans living in the north might suffer from vitamin D deficiencies, â?¢ Why Asians can't drink as much alcohol as Europeans Revelatory, utterly engaging, and timelyâ??Moalem ponders strongN1, the emerging Avian Flu virusâ??Why Redheads Feel More Pain and Asians Can't Drink will irrevocably change the way we think about our bodie Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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