Survival of the sickest : the surprising connections between disease and longevity / Sharon Moalem with Jonathan Prince
NY : HarperCollins, c2007Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 267 p. : 21 cmISBN:- 9780060889661
- RB155 .M59 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-253) and index
Chapter I. Ironing It Out -- Chapter II. Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Temperature Go Down -- Chapter III. Cholesterol Also Rises -- Chapter IV. Hey, Bud, Can You Do Me a Fava? -- Chapter V. Of Microbes and Men -- Chapter VI. Jump into the Gene Pool -- Chapter VII. Methyl Madness: Road to the Final Phenotype -- Chapter VIII. That's Life: Why You and Your iPod Must Die
Invites readers to change their perceptions about illness in order to understand disease as an essential component of the evolutionary process, citing the role of such malaises as diabetes, STDs, and the Avian Bird Flu in protecting the survival of the human race