SURVIVAL OF THE SICKEST: A MEDICAL MAVERICK DISCOVERS WHY WE NEED DISEASE
by MOALEM, SHARON;PRINCE, JONATHAN
List Price: HK$ 162.00
ˇ@ISBN
9780061177644
ˇ@Subject
MIND, BODY & HEALTH
ˇ@Publisher
WILLIAN MORROW USA
ˇ@Publication
2007
ˇ@Edition
Paperback
ˇ@Version
Original
ˇ@Description
How did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the buboninc plagues of Europe? Was diabetes evolutionˇ¦s response to the last Ice Age? 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 ˇV 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.
