{"product_id":"survival-of-the-sickest-the-surprising-connections-between-disease-and-longevity-9780060889661","title":"Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e So why does disease exist? Moalem proposes that most common ailments--diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia--came into existence for very good reasons. At some point they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to their existence. Examining the evolution of man, Moalem reveals the role genetic and cultural differences have played in the health and well-being of various races, including their susceptibility to disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With mesmerizing insight, Moalem offers groundbreaking insight into: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- How diabetes may be a biproduct of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Why African Americans living in the north might suffer from vitamin D deficiencies, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Why Asians can't drink as much alcohol as Europeans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Revelatory, utterly engaging, and timely--Moalem ponders strongN1, the emerging Avian Flu virus--Why Redheads Feel More Pain and Asians Can't Drink will irrevocably change the way we think about our bodies and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoalem, Sharon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDr. Sharon Moalem is an award-winning neurologist and evolutionary biologist, with a PhD in human physiology. His research brings evolution, genetics, biology, and medicine together to explain how the body works in new and fascinating ways. He and his work have been featured on CNN, in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, on \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart\u003c\/em\u003e, on \u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e, and in magazines such as \u003cem\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e, and Martha Stewart's \u003cem\u003eBody + Soul\u003c\/em\u003e. Dr. Moalem's first book was the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eSurvival of the Sickest\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrince, Jonathan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJonathan Prince was a senior adviser and speechwriter in the Clinton White House and oversaw communications strategy at NATO during the war in Kosovo. He was named one of America's Best and Brightest by \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e in 2005 for his work to improve political advertising. With former U.S. senator John Edwards and Edwards's daughter Cate, Prince edited \u003cem\u003eHome: The Blueprints of Our Lives.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618621985042,"sku":"9780060889661","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c565170a-4303-401f-8fb3-ec86cb3d1020.jpg?v=1732539124","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/survival-of-the-sickest-the-surprising-connections-between-disease-and-longevity-9780060889661","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}