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Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Applying Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine: An Introduction
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    Chapter 2 “Foetal–Maternal Conflicts” and Adverse Outcomes in Human Pregnancies
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    Chapter 3 Obstructed Labour: The Classic Obstetric Dilemma and Beyond
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    Chapter 4 Bottle Feeding: The Impact on Post-partum Depression, Birth Spacing and Autism
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    Chapter 5 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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    Chapter 6 The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Adaptation Reconsidered
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    Chapter 7 Is Calculus Relevant to Survival? Managing the Evolutionary Novelty of Modern Education
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    Chapter 8 Binge Eating, Disinhibition and Obesity
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    Chapter 9 Evolutionary Aspects of the Dietary Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio: Medical Implications
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    Chapter 10 Evolutionary Paradigms in Cardiology: The Case of Chronic Heart Failure
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    Chapter 11 Evolutionary Imprints on Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
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    Chapter 12 Darwinian Strategies to Avoid the Evolution of Drug Resistance During Cancer Treatment
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    Chapter 13 Why Chemotherapy Does Not Work: Cancer Genome Evolution and the Illusion of Oncogene Addiction
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    Chapter 14 Evolution, Infection, and Cancer
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    Chapter 15 Microbes, Parasites and Immune Diseases
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    Chapter 16 Evolutionary Principles and Host Defense
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    Chapter 17 Helminth Immunoregulation and Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
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    Chapter 18 Inflammaging and Its Role in Ageing and Age-Related Diseases
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    Chapter 19 Dementias of the Alzheimer Type: Views Through the Lens of Evolutionary Biology Suggest Amyloid-Driven Brain Aging Is Balanced Against Host Defense
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    Chapter 20 The Evolutionary Etiologies of Autism Spectrum and Psychotic Affective Spectrum Disorders
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    Chapter 21 Why Are Humans Vulnerable to Alzheimer’s Disease?
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    Chapter 22 Evolutionary Approaches to Depression: Prospects and Limitations
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    Chapter 23 The Ups and Downs of Placebos
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Title
Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine
Published by
Springer International Publishing, January 2016
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29716-3
ISBNs
978-3-31-929714-9, 978-3-31-929716-3
Editors

Alexandra Alvergne, Crispin Jenkinson, Charlotte Faurie

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Country Count As %
Canada 1 1%
Unknown 68 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 16%
Student > Bachelor 8 12%
Student > Master 7 10%
Other 5 7%
Other 10 14%
Unknown 15 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 14%
Social Sciences 9 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 12%
Psychology 3 4%
Other 9 13%
Unknown 18 26%