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Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine
The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design. Among the concerns they raise:
When may a fever be beneficial?
Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
How do certain viruses "manipulate" their hosts into infecting others?
What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder?
Deftly summarizing research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's, and form cancer to Huntington's chorea,
When may a fever be beneficial?
Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
How do certain viruses "manipulate" their hosts into infecting others?
What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder?
Deftly summarizing research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's, and form cancer to Huntington's chorea,
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Publisher : Vintage (30 January 1996)
Language : English
Paperback : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 0679746749
ISBN-13 : 978-0679746744
Item Weight : 249 g
Dimensions : 13.26 x 1.75 x 20.04 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #204,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#211 in Anatomy & Physiology
#466 in General Medicine
#1,269 in Basic Medical Sciences
Customer Reviews: 4.5
344 ratings
Publisher : Vintage (30 January 1996)
Language : English
Paperback : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 0679746749
ISBN-13 : 978-0679746744
Item Weight : 249 g
Dimensions : 13.26 x 1.75 x 20.04 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #204,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#211 in Anatomy & Physiology
#466 in General Medicine
#1,269 in Basic Medical Sciences
Customer Reviews: 4.5
344 ratings
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