Evolutionary Medicine

Author : Peter D. Gluckman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199663920
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles of Evolutionary Medicine written by Peter D. Gluckman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first integrated and comprehensive textbook to explain the principles of evolutionary biology from a medical perspective and to focus on how medicine and public health might utilise evolutionary biology.

Author : Stephen Stearns
Publisher : Sinauer
ISBN 13 : 9781605352602
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Primer of Evolutionary Medicine written by Stephen Stearns and published by Sinauer. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary Medicine is a textbook intended for use in undergraduate, graduate, medical school, and continuing medical education (CME) courses. Its professional illustrations and summaries of chapters and sections make its messages readily accessible.

Author : Wenda R. Trevathan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195356004
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Medicine written by Wenda R. Trevathan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-17 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution is the single most important idea in modern biology, shedding light on virtually every biological question, from the shape of orchid blossoms to the distribution of species across the planet. Until recently, however, the theory has had little impact on medical research or practice. Evolutionary Medicine shows how this is beginning to change. Collecting work from leaders in the field, this volume describes an array of new and innovative approaches to human health that are based on an appreciation of our long evolutionary history. For example, it shows how evolution helps to explain the complex relationship between our immune systems and the virulence and transmission of human viruses. It also shows how comparisons between how we live today and how our hunter-gatherer ancestors lived thousands of years ago illuminate a variety of contemporary ills, including obesity, lower-back pain, and insomnia. Evolutionary Medicine covers issues at every stage of life, from infancy (colic, jaundice, SIDS, parent-infant sleep struggles, ear infections, breast-feeding, asthma) to adulthood (sexually transmitted diseases, depression, overeating, addictions, child abuse, cardiovascular disease, breast and ovarian cancer) to old age (osteoporosis, geriatric sleep problems). Written for a wide range of students and researchers in medicine, anthropology, and psychology, it is an invaluable guide to this rapidly developing field.

Author : Robert Perlman
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191637793
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution and Medicine written by Robert Perlman and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution and Medicine provides an accessible introduction to the new field of evolutionary medicine. Evolutionary concepts help explain why we remain vulnerable to disease, how pathogens and cancer cells evolve, and how the diseases that affected our evolutionary ancestors have shaped our biology. The book interweaves the presentation of evolutionary principles with examples that illustrate how an evolutionary perspective enhances our understanding of disease. It discusses the theory of evolution by natural selection, the genetic basis of evolutionary change, evolutionary life history theory, and host-pathogen coevolution, and uses these concepts to provide new insights into diseases such as cystic fibrosis, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, and malaria, incorporating the latest research in rapidly developing fields such as epigenetics and the study of the human microbiome. The book concludes with a discussion of the ways in which recent, culturally constructed changes in the human environment are increasing the prevalence of man-made diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, and are exacerbating socioeconomic disparities in health. Just as evolutionary biology is concerned with populations and with changes in populations over time, evolutionary medicine is concerned with the health of populations. Evolution and Medicine emphasizes the role of demographic processes in evolution and disease, and stresses the importance of improving population health as a strategy for improving the health of individuals. This accessible text is written primarily for physicians, biomedical scientists, and both premedical and medical students, and will appeal to all readers with a background or interest in medicine.

Author : Randolph M. Nesse, MD
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307816001
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why We Get Sick written by Randolph M. Nesse, MD and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design. Among the concerns they raise: When may a fever be beneficial? Why do pregnant women get morning sickness? How do certain viruses "manipulate" their hosts into infecting others? What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder? Deftly summarizing research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's, and form cancer to Huntington's chorea, Why We Get Sick, answers these questions and more. The result is a book that will revolutionize our attitudes toward illness and will intrigue and instruct lay person and medical practitioners alike.

Author : Wenda R. Trevathan
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195307054
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Medicine and Health written by Wenda R. Trevathan and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the success of their groundbreaking anthology Evolutionary Medicine (OUP, 1999), Wenda R. Trevathan, E. O. Smith, and James J. McKenna provide an up-to-date and thought-provoking introduction to the field with this new collection of essays. Ideal for courses in evolutionary medicine, medical anthropology, and the evolution of human disease, Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives presents twenty-three original articles that examine how human evolution relates to a broad range of contemporary health problems including infectious, chronic, nutritional, and mental diseases and disorders. Topics covered include disease susceptibility in cultural context, substance abuse and addiction, sleep disorders, preeclampsia, altitude-related hypoxia, the biological context of menstruation, and the role of stress in modern life. An international team of preeminent scholars in biological anthropology, medicine, biology, psychology, and geography contributed the selections. Together they represent a uniquely integrative and multidisciplinary approach that takes into account the dialogue between biology and culture as it relates to understanding, treating, and preventing disease. A common theme throughout is the description of cases in which biological human development conflicts with culturally based individual behaviors that determine health outcomes. Detailed, evidence-based arguments make the case that all aspects of the human condition covered in the volume have an evolutionary basis, while theoretical discussions using other empirical evidence critique the gaps that still remain in evolutionary approaches to health. Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives features an introductory overview that covers the field's diverse array of topics, questions, lines of evidence, and perspectives. In addition, the editors provide introductions to each essay and an extensive bibliography that represents a state-of-the-art survey of the literature. A companionwebsite at www.oup.com/us/evolmed offers a full bibliography and links to source articles, reports, and databases. Written in an engaging style that is accessible to students, professionals, and general readers, this book offers a unique look at how an evolutionary perspective has become increasingly relevant to the health field and medical practice.

Author : Randolph M. Nesse
Publisher : Phoenix Illustrated
ISBN 13 : 9781857995060
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution and Healing written by Randolph M. Nesse and published by Phoenix Illustrated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first ever description of how evolutionary principles can be applied to questions of health and sickness.

Author : Stephen L. Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119956781
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genetic and Evolutionary Computation written by Stephen L. Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation: Medical Applications provides an overview of the range of GEC techniques being applied to medicine and healthcare in a context that is relevant not only for existing GEC practitioners but also those from other disciplines, particularly health professionals. There is rapidly increasing interest in applying evolutionary computation to problems in medicine, but to date no text that introduces evolutionary computation in a medical context. By explaining the basic introductory theory, typical application areas and detailed implementation in one coherent volume, this book will appeal to a wide audience from software developers to medical scientists. Centred around a set of nine case studies on the application of GEC to different areas of medicine, the book offers an overview of applications of GEC to medicine, describes applications in which GEC is used to analyse medical images and data sets, derive advanced models, and suggest diagnoses and treatments, finally providing hints about possible future advancements of genetic and evolutionary computation in medicine. Explores the rapidly growing area of genetic and evolutionary computation in context of its viable and exciting payoffs in the field of medical applications. Explains the underlying theory, typical applications and detailed implementation. Includes general sections about the applications of GEC to medicine and their expected future developments, as well as specific sections on applications of GEC to medical imaging, analysis of medical data sets, advanced modelling, diagnosis and treatment. Features a wide range of tables, illustrations diagrams and photographs.

Author : Martin Brüne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198717946
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine written by Martin Brüne and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine are concerned with medical conditions affecting brain, mind and behaviour in manifold ways. Traditional approaches have focused on a restricted array of potential causes of psychiatric and psychosomatic conditions - including adverse experiences such as trauma, neglect or abuse, genetic vulnerability and epigenetic regulation of gene expression. Whilst essential for the understanding of mental disorders, these approaches have disregarded important questions such as why the human mind is vulnerable to dysfunction at all. The Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine updates and expands on the original Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry (OUP, 2008) to provide answers to these questions by emphasising an evolutionary perspective on psychiatric and psychosomatic conditions. It explains how the human brain/mind has been shaped by natural and sexual selection; why adaptations to environmental conditions in our evolutionary past may nowadays work in suboptimal ways; and how human cognition, emotions, and behaviour can be scientifically framed to improve our understanding of how people try to attain important biosocial goals pertaining to one's status in society, mating, eliciting and providing care, and maintaining rewarding relationships. The evolutionary topics relevant to the understanding of psychiatric and psychosomatic conditions include the concepts of genetic plasticity, life history theory, stress regulation and immunological aspects. In addition, it is argued that an evolutionary framework is also necessary to understand how psychotherapy and psychopharmacology work to improve the lives of patients with psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders. The Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine is a valuable text for all students of Psychology, Medicine, and Psychotherapy who seek an understanding of the evolutionary issues surrounding health and disease.

Author : Marc Lappé
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Medicine written by Marc Lappé and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the rapid advance of a number of diseases including epidemic drug-resistant bacteria and viruses, tuberculosis, malaria, cancer, and AIDS, Lappe puts forth that the real cause of our current plight is rooted in an historical blindness to the natural forces that have shaped disease organisms and a continued ignorance of the interplay between our massive destruction of the natural order and our own well being. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR