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Evolutionary medicine and health new perspectives

Wenda Trevathan; Euclid O Smith; James J McKenna (James Joseph) 1948

New York Oxford University Press 2008

Localização: FM - Fac. Medicina    (QZ9 E94 2008 ) e outros locais(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Evolutionary medicine and health new perspectives
  • Autor: Wenda Trevathan; Euclid O Smith; James J McKenna (James Joseph) 1948
  • Assuntos: Disease -- etiology -- Essays; MEDICINA (EVOLUÇÃO); SAÚDE (EVOLUÇÃO); EVOLUÇÃO HUMANA; Evolution -- Essays; Epidemiologic Factors -- Essays; Humans -- Essays; Philosophy, Medical -- Essays; Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation; Human evolution; Medicine -- Philosophy
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-522) and index.
  • Descrição: Introduction and overview of evolutionary medicine / Wenda R. Trevathan, E. O. Smith, and James J. McKenna -- Human evolution, diet, and nutrition: when the body meets the buffet / Bethany L. Turner ... [et al.] -- Diabesity and Darwinian medicine: the evolution of an epidemic / Leslie Sue Lieberman -- To eat, or what not to eat, That's the question: a critique of the official Norwegian dietary guidelines / Iver Mysterud ... [et al.] -- Cow's milk consumption and health: an evolutionary perspective / Andrea S. Wiley -- Not by bread alone: the role of psychosocial stress in age at first reproduction and in health inequalities / James S. Chisholm and David A. Coall -- Early life effects on reproductive function / Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora and Gillian R. Bentley -- Impaired reproductive function in women in western and "westernizing" populations: an evolutionary approach / Tessa M. Pollard and Nigel Unwin -- Should women menstruate? an evolutionary perspective on menstrual-suppressing oral contraceptives / Lynnette Leidy Sievert -- An evolutionary perspective on premenstrual syndrome: implications for investigating infectious causes of chronic disease / Caroline Doyle, Holly A. Swain Ewald, and Paul W. Ewald
    Possible role of eclampsia/preeclampsia in evolution of human reproduction / Pierre-Yves Robillard ... [et al.] -- Breastfeeding and mother-infant sleep proximity: implications for infant care / Helen Ball and Kristin Klingaman -- Why words can hurt us: social relationships, stress, and health / Mark V. Flinn -- Why are we vulnerable to acute mountain sickness? / Cynthia M. Beall -- Evolution and modern behavioral problems: the case of addiction / Daniel H. Lende -- After dark: the evolutionary ecology of human sleep / Carol M. Worthman -- Evolutionary medicine and obesity: developmental adaptive responses in human body composition / Jack Baker ... [et al.] -- The developmental origins of adult health: intergenerational inertia in adaptation and disease / Christopher W. Kuzawa -- An evolutionary perspective on the causes of chronic diseases: atherosclerosis as an illustration / Paul W. Ewald -- Genes, geographic ancestry, and disease susceptibility: applications of evolutionary medicine to clinical settings / Douglas E. Crews and Linda M. Gerber -- From ancient seas to modern disease: evolution and congestive heart failure / E. Jennifer Weil -- Evolution at the intersection of biology and medicine / Stephen Lewis -- The importance of evolution for medicine / Randolph M. Nesse
  • Editor: New York Oxford University Press
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2008
  • Formato: xii, 532 p ill.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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