Survival of the Sickest - A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease

In considering the question of why diseases exist, this book proposes that common diseases came into existence for very good reasons. It demonstrates how diabetes may be a by-product of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age, and why African Americans living in the north might suffer from vitamin D deficiencies.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2007
• EAN: 9780007236107
• ISBN: 978-0-00-723610-7
• No. of pages: 267
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 233 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Krank, Krankheit s.a. Einzelkrankheit, Organe