Medicine and Evolution

Current Applications, Future Prospects
Herausgeber: Elton, Sarah; O'Higgins, Paul

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Highlighting exciting areas of research into the evolutionary basis of health and disease, this book employs a multidisciplinary perspective to emphasize practical applications and address how evolutionary medicine may inform clinical practice as well as medical education. Presenting new data and weighing relevant evidence, the book introduces novel viewpoints on nutrition, diabetes, fertility, pediatrics, immune response, and psychiatry. It discusses when evolutionary viewpoints might and might not be useful and conduct critical debates on controversial areas such as race-based pharmaceuticals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780367387259
• ISBN-10: 0367387255
• Artikelnr.: 58075891

Autorenporträt

Sarah Elton, Paul O¿Higgins

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Environments, Adaptation, and Evolutionary Medicine, Should
We Be Eating a Stone Age Diet? Human Protein Requirements and Infection
Stress among Young Children at the Origins of Agriculture. Evolutionary
Perspectives on Type 2 Diabetes in Asia, Seasonality. Climatic
Unpredictability, Food Deprivation, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
Evolution and Endocrinology, The Regulation of Pregnancy Outcomes.
Evolutionary Paediatrics, A Case Study in Applying Darwinian Medicine. The
Role of Helminthes in Human Evolution, Implications for Global Health in
the 21st Century. Nonbizarre Delusions as Strategic Deception. Practical
Aspects of Evolutionary Medicine. Comparative and Evolutionary Biology in
Medical and Dental Education. Is There a Place for Evolutionary Medicine in
UK Medical Education? Would Darwin Recognize Himself Here? Index.