Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease by Jonathan Prince, Sharon Moalem

Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease

Jonathan Prince, Sharon Moalem

288 pages first pub 2007 (view editions) user-added

nonfiction health science informative medium-paced
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This book is ideal for readers who enjoy thought-provoking explorations of evolutionary science and its surprising connections to human health and disease.

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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 ...

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