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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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Σειρά: | Advances in the Evolutionary Analysis of Human Behaviour
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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. .
