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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity

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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and LongevityJoining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria. So why does disease exist? Moalem proposes that most common ailments diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia

Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.

So why does disease exist? Moalem proposes that most common ailments--diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia--came into existence for very good reasons. At some point they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to their existence. Examining the evolution of man, Moalem reveals the role genetic and cultural differences have played in the health and well-being of various races, including their susceptibility to disease.

With mesmerizing insight, Moalem offers groundbreaking insight into:

- How diabetes may be a biproduct of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age

- Why African Americans living in the north might suffer from vitamin D deficiencies,

- Why Asians can't drink as much alcohol as Europeans

Revelatory, utterly engaging, and timely--Moalem ponders strongN1, the emerging Avian Flu virus--Why Redheads Feel More Pain and Asians Can't Drink will irrevocably change the way we think about our bodies and ourselves.



Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 03/18/2008
ISBN: 9780060889661
Pages: 267
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d
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Ramiro
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★★★★★ 2
The watch has a problem with the alarm.
Color: Black/Black/Digital, Color: Black/Black/Digital
This is perhaps the nicest digital watch I’ve ever had, the watch is new, but it came broken, the alarm does not sound or better to say sounds so low, it is inaudible, is practically useless, do not know if it can be fixed, I’ll have to take you to a technician, the problem is that I am in Ecuador, I do not know if the guarantee will serve or can be returned. ------------------------- Este es quizás el reloj digital más bonito que he tenido, el reloj es nuevo, pero me vino averiado, la alarma no suena o mejor dicho suena tan bajo, es inaudible, es prácticamente inservible, no sé si se pueda arreglar, voy a tener que llevarle a un técnico, el problema es que estoy en Ecuador, no sé si sirva la garantía o se pueda devolver.
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West Palm Beach, US
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Classic design, face smaller then expected
Color: Black/Black/Digital
Smaller dial then expected, but built well. Classic design and functional.
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Pawtucket, US
★★★★★ 5
Great buy! But stopped working after 3 months
Color: Green
Great buy! Bought this for my husband and he loves it! I got him the dark green one. It’s stylish but still durable for physical activities like construction. Also it is completely waterproof which is great. Can be left on for showers or pools. Edit 3 months later it stopped working. Sent it to the manufacturer and they will hopefully send a new one or fix it.
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Jonathan J.
Belleville, US
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Cheap Quality - 3 MONTH wait for warrantied repair!
Color: Black-Red/Digital/Black
About 40 days into my purchase, the watch starts doing a complete reset when I try to reset the timer, making me have to reset the date and time again. The Analog watch isn't any more reliable -- sometimes it will just stop temporarily and start again. I'll look at my watch and see the analog time, then realize it's 15 minutes behind actual time. So I called Timex for a warrantied repair. They told me I could send it in and it would take them about 3 MONTHS to repair it and get it back to me. 3 MONTHS, because they have to forward it to the Philippines for repair via the cheapest means possible. That is a ridiculous about of time to wait on a warrantied repair.
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Louisville, US
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Timex did it again!
Color: Black-Red/Digital/Black
Another great watch from Timex.
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