Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.) - Softcover

Moalem, Dr Sharon; Prince, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060889667 ISBN 13: 9780060889661

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

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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Title: Survival of the Sickest( The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: SharonMoalem <>Publisher: HarperPerennial

Review:

"[a] fascinating new book...[Moalem] has a way of turning complicated biology into captivating stories."--Body + Soul

"fascinating, enlightening and reader-friendly...This is one not-to-be-missed fantastic journey across the evolutionary landscape of humankind.--Rocky Mountain News

"[It] will challenge everything you thought you knew about disease. Fascinating!"--Memet Oz, co-author of YOU: The Owners Manuel

"A lively and enthusiastic treatise"--Kirkus Reviews

"CSI meets Freakonomics meets Bill Nye the Science Guy."--Edmonton Journal (Alberta)

MED History does not always receive a great deal of attention...this book shows exactly why it shouldn't be ignored.--Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060889667
• ISBN 13: 9780060889661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288