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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity is a 2007 New York Times Bestselling science book by Sharon Moalem, an evolutionary biologist and neurogeneticist, and Jonathan Prince, senior advisor and speechwriter for the Clinton administration. It was originally titled, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease.
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Hemochromatosis, bloodletting, Diabetes, climate change, brown fat, vitamin D, cholesterol, malaria, guinea worms, transposable elements, childhood obesity, cancer cells, Biological Evolution, Diseases, Disease susceptibility, Disease susceptibility--Genetic aspects, Evolution, Genetic aspects, Genetic aspects of Disease susceptibility, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, genetics, Genetic Variation, Human evolution, life sciences, Medical, mirror, Natural selection, Nonfiction, Physiology, science, Survival, Survival--physiology, Variation (Genetics), Diseases and history, Longevity, Medicine, popularShowing 4 featured editions. View all 19 editions?
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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity
2008, Harper, HarperPerennial
paperback
in English
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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers the Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity
2007-01, HarperCollins e-books
Electronic resource
in English
- 1st ed.
0061209546 9780061209543
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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
2007-01, William Morrow
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in English
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0060889659 9780060889654
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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
2007, William Morrow
hardcover
in English
- 1st ed. (1)
0060889659 9780060889654
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Introduction
Ironing It Out
A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the
Temperature Go Down
The Cholesterol Also Rises
Hey, Bud, Can You Do
Me a Fava?
Of Microbes and Men
Jump into the Gene Pool
Methyl Madness:
Road to the Final Phenotype
That's Life: Why You and Your
iPod Must Die
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Authors
Credits
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher
Edition Notes
Two sets of ISBNs.
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