The classic book that revealed the evolutionary perspective to a general audience. Well written and stimulating.

The past contains the seeds of the future. Understanding our evolutionary origins provides an explanation for many of our curent ills, and how to design a more healthy future.

We need to know how and why new patterns of disease emerge. For modern therapies to work, we must study the forces that shaped a disease's evolution. For instance microorganisms become resistant to antibiotics and antivirals because they evolved to adapt rapidly to environmental change. Thinking that way helps us understand how best to treat infections and when to withhold unnecessary treatment.

This book is based on a conference held ten years ago, but the papers have all been updated and the book remains fresh and interesting. Chapters include antibiotic resistance, pathogen virulence, aging, and population-specific and genotype-specific reactions to drugs and in susceptibility to disease.

Though this book is not new, it contains a great deal of information based on good old fashioned clinical observation. It is worrying that some of the author's findings - of things like previously unknown skin lesions in diabetes - might be lost. If you are interested in the field, this is a terrific book. Thank Heavens for Amazon, so we can still find copies!

This book is on the list for fair balance. The author considers that many of the arguments in favor of evolution are over-blown or worse. Some of his examples are excellent, others less convincing. But the whole book is well written. engaging and a most worthwhile read.

This is a magisterial work. A comprehensive textbook that applies evolutionary principles to everything from aging to shamanism and psychiatry.

This book is a wonderful work of synthesis. It does not set out to examine the evolutionary origins of illness, but it does so anyway. Disturbances in systems and information underlie many if not most of the maladies that befall us every say.

A fun collection of medical anecdotes. All of them are very well known amongst academic physicians, but it is is nice to see these cases presented for a general audience.

This is a wonderful book that examines the impact of genes, evolution, adaptation, ecology and culture on human populations.

Standing upright, cultivating grains, drinking milk, close contact with domestic animals, cooking, and the proliferation of urban settlements, industrial processes and international travel have all had profound effects on human health. It is essential to understand how, so that we can design healthcare programs that make sense.