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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity

By Sharon Moalem , Jonathan Prince

Book information

Publisher
Harper Perennial
Year
2008
ISBN
0060889667, 9780060889661
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
410 kB (420322 bytes)
Series
P.S.
Edition
1 Reprint
Pages
304\0
Time added
2013-10-14 19:33:23

Description

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. 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. 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.

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