Western Diseases

2008-04-10 Science

Author : Tessa M. Pollard
Release : 2008-04-10
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 376/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Western Diseases written by Tessa M. Pollard. This book was released on 2008-04-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a group, western diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, allergies and mental health problems constitute one of the major problems facing humans at the beginning of the 21st century, particularly as they extend into poorer countries. An evolutionary perspective has much to offer standard biomedical understandings of western diseases. At the heart of this approach is the notion that human evolution occurred in circumstances very different from the modern affluent western environment and that, as a consequence, human biology is not adapted to the contemporary western environment. Written with an anthropological perspective and aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduates taking courses in the ecology and evolution of disease, Tessa Pollard applies and extends this evolutionary perspective by analysing trends in rates of western diseases and providing a new synthesis of current understandings of evolutionary processes, and of the biology and epidemiology of disease.

Western Diseases, Their Emergence and Prevention

1981 Chronic diseases

Author : Hubert Carey Trowell
Release : 1981
Genre : Chronic diseases
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Book Rating : 207/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Western Diseases, Their Emergence and Prevention written by Hubert Carey Trowell. This book was released on 1981. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major synthesis of cross-cultural research, 34 distinguished scientists study 25 common metabolic and degenerative diseases characteristic of all advanced Western nations and then examine their incidence in developing countries, among both hunter-gatherers and peasant agriculturalists. Thus the authors provide a unique opportunity to compare epidemiological data reflecting modern modes of life with data influenced by habits and diets dating back 400 generations to the advent of agriculture, and even 200,000 generations or more to the dawn of man. The results confirm the view that diseases like hypertension, lung cancer, diverticular disease, and appendicitis are maladaptations to environmental factors introduced since the Industrial Revolution. They also demonstrate that such diseases become more prevalent when Western lifestyles are adopted in primitive societies. Certain studies reveal a regression of disease incidence when exercise is increased and a diet high in starch and fiber, low in fat and salt, is resumed--characteristics of a simpler way of life. Western Diseases greatly broadens our perspective on some of the most vexing health problems in our society. It will be an essential reference for epidemiologists, nutritionists, and gastroenterologists in particular.

Food and Western Disease

2010-01-11 Medical

Author : Staffan Lindeberg
Release : 2010-01-11
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 714/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Food and Western Disease written by Staffan Lindeberg. This book was released on 2010-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nutrition science is a highly fractionated, contentious field with rapidly changing viewpoints on both minor and major issues impacting on public health. With an evolutionary perspective as its basis, this exciting book provides a framework by which the discipline can finally be coherently explored. By looking at what we know of human evolution and disease in relation to the diets that humans enjoy now and prehistorically, the book allows the reader to begin to truly understand the link between diet and disease in the Western world and move towards a greater knowledge of what can be defined as the optimal human diet. Written by a leading expert Covers all major diseases, including cancer, heart disease, obesity, stroke and dementia Details the benefits and risks associated with the Palaeolithic diet Draws conclusions on key topics including sustainable nutrition and the question of healthy eating This important book provides an exciting and useful insight into this fascinating subject area and will be of great interest to nutritionists, dietitians and other members of the health professions. Evolutionary biologists and anthropologists will also find much of interest within the book. All university and research establishments where nutritional sciences, medicine, food science and biological sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this title.

The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine

2001 Clinical medicine

Author : Bob Flaws
Release : 2001
Genre : Clinical medicine
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Book Rating : 208/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine written by Bob Flaws. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a textbook and clinical manual on the treatment of modern Western medical diseases with Chinese medicine. By modern Western medical diseases, we mean all the disease categories of Western medicine excluding gynecology and pediatrics. By Chinese medicine, we mean standard contemporary professional Chinese medicine as taught at the two dozen provincial Chinese medical colleges in the People's Respublic of China. The two main therapeutic modalities used in the practice of this style of Chinese medicine are acupuncture-moxibustion and the internal administration of multi-ingredient Chinese medicinal formulas. Treatment plans for each disease discussed herein are given for each of these two main modalities.

Rickettsial Diseases

2007-04-26 Medical

Author : Didier Raoult
Release : 2007-04-26
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 97X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Rickettsial Diseases written by Didier Raoult. This book was released on 2007-04-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only available reference to comprehensively discuss the common and unusual types of rickettsiosis in over twenty years, this book will offer the reader a full review on the bacteriology, transmission, and pathophysiology of these conditions. Written from experts in the field from Europe, USA, Africa, and Asia, specialists analyze specific patho

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