{"product_id":"survival-of-the-sickest-a-medical-maverick-discovers-why-we-need-disease-isbn-9780060889654","title":"Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoining 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, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tSo why does disease exist? Moalem proposes that most common ailments—diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia—came into existence for very good reasons. At some point they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to their existence. Examining the evolution of man, Moalem reveals the role genetic and cultural differences have played in the health and well-being of various races, including their susceptibility to disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tWith mesmerizing insight, Moalem offers groundbreaking insight into :\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• How diabetes may be a biproduct of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Why African Americans living in the north might suffer from vitamin D deficiencies, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Why Asians can’t drink as much alcohol as Europeans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tRevelatory, utterly engaging, and timely—Moalem ponders strongN1, the emerging Avian Flu virus—Why Redheads Feel More Pain and Asians Can’t Drink will irrevocably change the way we think about our bodies and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eRead it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're already living it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas 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 to HIV? Can your genes be turned on -- or off?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining 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, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough 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. When the option is a long life with a disease or a short one without it, evolution opts for disease almost every time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything from the climate our ancestors lived in to the crops they planted and ate to their beverage of choice can be seen in our genetic inheritance. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurvival of the Sickest is filled with fascinating insights and cutting-edge research, presented in a way that is both accessible and utterly absorbing. This is a book about the interconnectedness of all life on earth -- and, especially, what that means for us.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“fascinating, enlightening and reader-friendly...This is one not-to-be-missed fantastic journey across the evolutionary landscape of humankind. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMED History does not always receive a great deal of attention...this book shows exactly why it shouldn’t be ignored. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“CSI meets Freakonomics meets Bill Nye the Science Guy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdmonton Journal (Alberta)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[a] fascinating new book...[Moalem] has a way of turning complicated biology into captivating stories.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBody + Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[It] will challenge everything you thought you knew about disease.  Fascinating!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemet Oz, co-author of YOU: The Owners Manuel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A lively and enthusiastic treatise” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889278775525,"sku":"NP9780060889654","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060889654.jpg?v=1730230910","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/survival-of-the-sickest-a-medical-maverick-discovers-why-we-need-disease-isbn-9780060889654","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}