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嚴重好於預期。有趣而震撼。十分值得重讀。筆記: DNA is not destiny. DNA is history.
評分evolutionary disease
評分大學學瞭兩門進化論,發現還有新東西
評分大學學瞭兩門進化論,發現還有新東西
評分evolutionary disease
沙倫·莫勒姆,博士,獲奬科學傢、醫生,以及《紐約時報》暢銷書作者。其研究和作品通過醫藥學、遺傳學、曆史和生物學的相互融閤,以一種新穎而又引人入勝的方式來解釋人類的身體是如何工作的。他還是《紐約時報》暢銷書《病者生存》(Survival of the Sickest)和《性之謎》 (How Sex Works)的作者。他的著作已被翻譯成30餘種語言。
Synopsis
In this groundbreaking and absorbing book, wunderkind Dr. Sharon Moalem delves back into the evolution of man to reveal hitherto unknown and astonishing ways the human body is built to survive. With this revolutionary new book, Sharon Moalem completely turns modern medicine's understanding of disease on it's head. "It is not," he argues, "that dark country to which we're exiled when we're not 'healthy.' The truth, I intend to show you, is much more interesting and encouraging." His research will reveal that many common diseases are in fact complicated blessings. In considering the question of why diseases exist, Moalem proposes that most common diseases came into existence for very good reasons. Diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia all may exist because at some point they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to human existence. In turn, he also discovered that genetic and cultural differences have led to each race having different and unique ways of reacting to their environment and subsequently how they become susceptible to certain diseases.
With mesmerizing insight, Moalem demonstrates how diabetes may be a by-product of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age, why African Americans living in the north might suffer from vitamin D deficiencies, and why Asians can't drink as much alcohol as Europeans. Information in this book is extremely timely, such as Moalem's exploration of the Avian Flu, a disease that threatens to be the world's next great pandemic. Revelatory and written in an utterly engaging fashion, Sharon Moalem's book will change the way we think about our own bodies.
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評分转发至国学数典论坛 血色沉着病是西欧常见的遗传病,导致铁质在体内积累达到超载地步,长时间会导致破坏肝脏和胰脏。有人用放血的方式,可以降低血液中的铁含量,减轻病症。 为什么大自然进化没有消灭这种疾病?原因就在于这种疾病是一种次优平衡选择,让我们避免今天...
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評分转发至国学数典论坛 血色沉着病是西欧常见的遗传病,导致铁质在体内积累达到超载地步,长时间会导致破坏肝脏和胰脏。有人用放血的方式,可以降低血液中的铁含量,减轻病症。 为什么大自然进化没有消灭这种疾病?原因就在于这种疾病是一种次优平衡选择,让我们避免今天...
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