Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine: From Research to Policy and Practice

✍ Scribed by Alexandra Alvergne, Crispin Jenkinson, Charlotte Faurie (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 374
• Series: Advances in the Evolutionary Analysis of Human Behaviour
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The aim of this edited book is to provide health professionals, across a wide variety of specialisms, with a targeted access to evolutionary medicine. Throughout the book, the views of both medical and evolutionary scientists on the latest relevant research is presented with a focus on practical implications. The inclusion of boxes explaining the theoretical background as well as both a glossary for technical terms and a lay summary for non- specialists enable medical researchers, public health professionals, policy makers, physicians, students, scholars and the public alike to quickly and easily access appropriate information. This edited volume is thus relevant to anyone keen on finding out how evolutionary medicine can improve the health and well-being of people.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Applying Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine: An Introduction....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
“Foetal–Maternal Conflicts” and Adverse Outcomes in Human Pregnancies....Pages 19-32
Obstructed Labour: The Classic Obstetric Dilemma and Beyond....Pages 33-45
Bottle Feeding: The Impact on Post-partum Depression, Birth Spacing and Autism....Pages 47-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome....Pages 61-74
The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Adaptation Reconsidered....Pages 75-88
Is Calculus Relevant to Survival? Managing the Evolutionary Novelty of Modern Education....Pages 89-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Binge Eating, Disinhibition and Obesity....Pages 105-117
Evolutionary Aspects of the Dietary Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio: Medical Implications....Pages 119-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Evolutionary Paradigms in Cardiology: The Case of Chronic Heart Failure....Pages 137-153
Evolutionary Imprints on Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology....Pages 155-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Darwinian Strategies to Avoid the Evolution of Drug Resistance During Cancer Treatment....Pages 167-175
Why Chemotherapy Does Not Work: Cancer Genome Evolution and the Illusion of Oncogene Addiction....Pages 177-190
Evolution, Infection, and Cancer....Pages 191-207
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Microbes, Parasites and Immune Diseases....Pages 211-223
Evolutionary Principles and Host Defense....Pages 225-239
Helminth Immunoregulation and Multiple Sclerosis Treatment....Pages 241-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Inflammaging and Its Role in Ageing and Age-Related Diseases....Pages 259-275
Dementias of the Alzheimer Type: Views Through the Lens of Evolutionary Biology Suggest Amyloid-Driven Brain Aging Is Balanced Against Host Defense....Pages 277-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
The Evolutionary Etiologies of Autism Spectrum and Psychotic Affective Spectrum Disorders....Pages 299-327
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Why Are Humans Vulnerable to Alzheimer’s Disease?....Pages 329-345
Evolutionary Approaches to Depression: Prospects and Limitations....Pages 347-356
The Ups and Downs of Placebos....Pages 357-369
Back Matter....Pages 371-382

✦ Subjects

Medicine/Public Health, general; Health Psychology; Anthropology; Evolutionary Biology