Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine

Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine

From Research to Policy and Practice

Faurie, Charlotte; Alvergne, Alexandra; Jenkinson, Crispin

Springer International Publishing AG

05/2018

382

Mole

Inglês

9783319806341

15 a 20 dias

5971

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Preface.- Chapter 1: Applying evolutionary thinking in medicine: an introduction.- Chapter 2: "Foetal-maternal conflicts" and adverse outcomes in human pregnancies.- Chapter 3: Obstructed labour: the classic obstetric dilemma and beyond.- Chapter 4: Bottle feeding: the impact on postpartum depression, birth spacing and autism.- Chapter 5: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.- Chapter 6: The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: adaptation reconsidered.- Chapter 7: Is calculus relevant to survival? Managing the evolutionary novelty of modern education.- Chapter 8: Binge eating, Disinhibition and obesity.- Chapter 9: Evolutionary aspects of the dietary omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio: medical implications.- Chapter 10: Evolutionary paradigms in cardiology: the case of chronic heart failure.- Chapter 11: Evolutionary imprints on cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology.- Chapter 12: Darwinian Strategies to Avoid the Evolution ofDrug Resistance During Cancer Treatment.- Chapter 13: Why chemotherapy does not work: cancer genome evolution and the illusion of oncogene addiction.- Chapter 14: Evolution, Infection, and Cancer.- Chapter 15: Microbes, Parasites and Immune diseases.- Chapter 16: Evolutionary principles and Host Defense.- Chapter 17: Helminth immunoregulation and Multiple Sclerosis treatment.- Chapter 18: Inflammaging and its role in ageing and age-related diseases.- Chapter 19: Dementias of the Alzheimer type: views through the lens of evolutionary biology suggest amyloid-driven brain aging is balanced against host defence.- Chapter 20: The Evolutionary Etiologies of Autism Spectrum and Psychotic-Affective Spectrum Disorders.- Chapter 21: Why are humans vulnerable to Alzheimer's Disease?.- Chapter 22: Evolutionary approaches to depression: prospects and limitations.- Chapter 23: The ups and downs of placebos.
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Applying Darwinian principles to Dermatology therapy;Cardiology in chimpanzees and humans;Developments in geriatrics;Evolutionary approaches to medicine;Evolutionary foundations for cancer biology;Nutrition and the Paleodiet