Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine From Research to Policy and Practice /

The aim of this edited book is to provide health professionals, across a wide variety of specialisms, with a targeted access to evolutionary medicine. Throughout the book, the views of both medical and evolutionary scientists on the latest relevant research is presented with a focus on practical imp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Alvergne, Alexandra (Editor ), Jenkinson, Crispin (Editor ), Faurie, Charlotte (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Advances in the Evolutionary Analysis of Human Behaviour,
Temas:
Medical sciences.
Clinical health psychology.
Anthropology.
Evolution (Biology).
Health Sciences.
Health Psychology.
Evolutionary Biology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Applying evolutionary thinking in medicine: an introduction
  • Chapter 2: "Foetal-maternal conflicts" and adverse outcomes in human pregnancies
  • Chapter 3: Obstructed labour: the classic obstetric dilemma and beyond
  • Chapter 4: Bottle feeding: the impact on postpartum depression, birth spacing and autism
  • Chapter 5: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  • Chapter 6: The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: adaptation reconsidered
  • Chapter 7: Is calculus relevant to survival? Managing the evolutionary novelty of modern education
  • Chapter 8: Binge eating, Disinhibition and obesity
  • Chapter 9: Evolutionary aspects of the dietary omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio: medical implications
  • Chapter 10: Evolutionary paradigms in cardiology: the case of chronic heart failure
  • Chapter 11: Evolutionary imprints on cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology
  • Chapter 12: Darwinian Strategies to Avoid the Evolution of Drug Resistance During Cancer Treatment
  • Chapter 13: Why chemotherapy does not work: cancer genome evolution and the illusion of oncogene addiction
  • Chapter 14: Evolution, Infection, and Cancer
  • Chapter 15: Microbes, Parasites and Immune diseases
  • Chapter 16: Evolutionary principles and Host Defense
  • Chapter 17: Helminth immunoregulation and Multiple Sclerosis treatment
  • Chapter 18: Inflammaging and its role in ageing and age-related diseases
  • Chapter 19: Dementias of the Alzheimer type: views through the lens of evolutionary biology suggest amyloid-driven brain aging is balanced against host defence
  • Chapter 20: The Evolutionary Etiologies of Autism Spectrum and Psychotic-Affective Spectrum Disorders
  • Chapter 21: Why are humans vulnerable to Alzheimer's Disease?
  • Chapter 22: Evolutionary approaches to depression: prospects and limitations
  • Chapter 23: The ups and downs of placebos. .

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