Evolving health : the origins of illness and how the modern world is making us sick / Noel T. Boaz.
Record details
- ISBN: 0471352616
- ISBN: 9780471352617
- Physical Description: vi, 250 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Wiley, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 616.071 BOA (Text) | 37810434179924 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
