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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826552403321

Titolo

Evolutionary medicine / / edited by Wenda R. Trevathan, E. O. Smith, James J. McKenna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770096-9

1-280-45246-3

9786610452460

0-19-535600-4

1-60256-107-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 480 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Diseases - Causes and theories of causation

Human evolution

Medicine - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword: Historical Overview; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Is Neonatal Jaundice a Disease or an Adaptive Process?; 2 Infant Crying Behavior and Colic: An Interpretation in Evolutionary Perspective; 3 Breastfeeding and Mother-Infant Cosleeping in Relation to SIDS Prevention; 4 Otitis Media: An Evolutionary Perspective; 5 The Evolutionary Ecology of Childhood Asthma; 6 Evolutionary Perspectives on the Onset of Puberty; 7 Incest Avoidance: Clinical Implications of the Evolutionary Perspective; 8 Evolutionary Obstetrics; 9 Darwinian Medicine and the Emergence of Allergy

10 Using Evolution as a Tool for Controlling Infectious Diseases 11 Evolutionary Control of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Viruses; 12 Paleolithic Nutrition Revisited; 13 Human Evolution, Low Back Pain, and Dual-Level Control; 14 What Darwinian Medicine Offers Psychiatry; 15 Evolution, Substance Abuse, and Addiction; 16 Menopause in Evolutionary Perspective; 17 Breast Cancer in Evolutionary Context; 18 Evolutionary Perspectives on Chronic Degenerative Diseases; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Collecting work from leaders in the field, this volume describes



approaches to human health that are based on an appreciation of our long evolutionary history.