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Evolving health : the origins of illness and how the modern world is making us sick / Noel T. Boaz.

By: Publication details: New York : John Wiley &Sons, c2002.Description: vi, 250 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0471352616
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.07 23 B662
LOC classification:
  • RB151 .B64 2002
NLM classification:
  • QZ 40
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Contents:
Achieving adaptive normality, your evolutionary birthright -- How our health evolved -- An evolutionary child's birthright: perinatal and pediatric diseases -- The virus war -- Cellular stress: a general model for cancer -- Breast cancer, prostate diseases, and cancers of the reproductive system -- Heart disease and high blood pressure: a story of fish and chips -- Why we smoke -- Diabetes mellitus and the "thrifty genotype" -- Gout, liver enzymes, and global climate change -- Back pain, bad knees, and flatfeet -- Gut diseases -- The evolution of psychiatric disorders -- Uncivilized solutions : reestablishing adaptive normality in your life.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.

Achieving adaptive normality, your evolutionary birthright -- How our health evolved -- An evolutionary child's birthright: perinatal and pediatric diseases -- The virus war -- Cellular stress: a general model for cancer -- Breast cancer, prostate diseases, and cancers of the reproductive system -- Heart disease and high blood pressure: a story of fish and chips -- Why we smoke -- Diabetes mellitus and the "thrifty genotype" -- Gout, liver enzymes, and global climate change -- Back pain, bad knees, and flatfeet -- Gut diseases -- The evolution of psychiatric disorders -- Uncivilized solutions : reestablishing adaptive normality in your life.