The origin of diseases
by Hong, Yun-Chul,
Series: Pain and its origins, diagnosis and treatments Published by : Nova biomedical, (NY :) Physical details: viii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm ISBN:9781634857819; 1634857819.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| 616 H-25 Harrison's principles of internal medicine, 2 vol sets: vol. 1 | 616 H-43 HealthySelf : | 616 H-51 Helping geriatric patients. | 616 H-77 The origin of diseases | 616 H-78 Musculoskeletal interventions | 616 H-78 Musculoskeletal interventions | 616 H-78 Musculoskeletal interventions |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-202) and index.
Chapter I: Human Genes and the Environment; Cause of Diseases: Not Two but One; The Agricultural Revolution Opens the Age of Disease; What Impact did Human Migration Have on the Occurrence of Disease?; Genes Accused with a False Charge -- Chapter II: The Eight Key Environmental Factors; Stumbled Upon a Dilemma in Nutritional Intake; Climate Change Lurking behind the Emergence of Disease; Is Sunlight Responsible for the Spread of Chronic Diseases?; Since When Have Humans Been Good at Long-Distance Running?; Alcohol: Its Dual Role; Our Body Has Yet to Adapt to Cigarettes; The Industrial Revolution, a Hotbed for All Sorts of Diseases; The Fatal Legacy of the Use of Fossil Fuels -- Chapter III: The Eight Key Diseases; Full-fledged Invasion of Pathogens; We Are Programmed to Gain Weight; Causes of the Epidemic Spread of Diabetes Mellitus; Variation in the Risk of Hypertension by Region; Once a Beneficial Gene, Now a Culprit for Cardiovascular Diseases; Immature Defense System Causes Allergic Diseases; Cancer: A Purely Man-made Disease; Modern Society Prompts Depression -- Chapter IV: New Challenges; Beyond the Age of Chronic Diseases; How Long Can We Expect to Live?; Aging-related Disease, a Price to Pay; Amidst the Turning Tide -- References -- Epilogue: Diseases Caused by the Civilization; 3 Key Strategies to Prevent Diseases; The Role of Communities -- Index.
"This book provides a novel perspective on the way of understand why we have diseases. Yun-Chul Hong persuasively argues that diseases are caused by failure of our genes to adapt to environmental changes. After agricultural revolution and subsequent civilization, humanity has experienced environmental changes that occurred at an unprecedented rate sine the emergence of hominids on earth. Particularly, industrial revolution brought drastic changes in our environments and lifestyles. This argument gives a wonderful insight into the concept of disease, widening our epistemic scope."--
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