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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.) by Dr. Sharon Moalem; Jonathan Prince is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.) about?

Read it. You're already living it. 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 to HIV? Can your genes be turned on -- or off? Joining 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. Through 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. Everything 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 demonstr

Who reads Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.)?

Author

Dr. Sharon Moalem; Jonathan Prince

Publisher

HarperCollins e-Books

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780061842245

Category

science

Subjects

Medical, History, Biology

Rating

4.13 / 5 (5,031 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14