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Plague Time

By Paul Ewald

Plague Time

By Paul Ewald

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According to conventional wisdom, our genes and lifestyles are the most important causes of the most deadly ailments of our time. Conventional wisdom may be wrong. In this controversial book, the eminent biologist Paul W. Ewald offers some startling arguments: -Germs appear to be at the root of heart disease, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, many forms of cancer, and other chronic diseases. -The greatest threats to our health come not from sensational killers such as Ebola, West Nile virus, and super-virulent strains of influenza, but from agents that are already here causing long-term infections, which eventually lead to debilitation and death. -The medical establishment has largely ignored the evidence that implicates these germs, to the detriment of our public health. -New evolutionary theories are available, which explain how germs function and offer opportunities for controlling these modern plagues — if we are willing to listen to them. Plague Time is an eye-opening exploration of the revolutionary new understanding of disease that may set the course of medical research for the twenty-first century.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2002-01-08
Publication Date:
2002-01-08
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0385721846
ISBN13:
9780385721844
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
344 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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