BookAlexandra Alvergne, Crispin Jenkinson, Charlotte Faurie, editors.
Contents:
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 of Drug 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. .