The origin of diseases / Yun-Chul Hong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hong, Yun-Chul, author.

Series:

Pain and its origins, diagnosis, and treatments series.

Pain and its Origins, Diagnosis and Treatments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diseases--History.

Diseases.

Diseases--Social aspects.

Diseases--Genetics.

Health--Social aspects.

Health.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Biomedical, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While covering human history, civilization, and diseases to reveal why humans are sick with many ailments, this book provides the answers to the questions: ""When, why, and how did humans contract all kinds of infectious and chronic diseases?"" The increasing occurrence of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, asthma and cancer does not simply denote increment in the incidence of diseases, but a pathological phenomenon that reflects the condition of humanity's current environment. With humanity's graduation from the era of hunter-gatherers, infectious diseases and nutritional di

Contents:

THE ORIGIN OF DISEASES; THE ORIGIN OF DISEASES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Overview; What on Earth Has Happened in the Past 10,000 Years?; Misguided Ideas on the Causes of Diseases; Genes Yet to Adapt to a Given Environment; Diseases Are Purely Man-Made after All; New Challenges; Chapter I:Human Genes and the Environment; Cause of Diseases: Not Two but One; The Agricultural Revolution Opensthe Age of Disease; What Impact did Human Migration Haveon the Occurrence of Disease?; Genes Accused with a False Charge

Chapter II:The Eight Key Environmental FactorsStumbled Upon a Dilemmain Nutritional Intake; Climate Change Lurking behindthe Emergence of Disease; Is Sunlight Responsible for the Spreadof Chronic Diseases?; Since When Have Humans Been Goodat Long-Distance Running?; Alcohol: Its Dual Role; Our Body Has Yet to Adapt to Cigarettes; The Industrial Revolution, a Hotbedfor 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 Spreadof Diabetes Mellitus

Variation in the Risk of Hypertensionby RegionOnce a Beneficial Gene, Now a Culpritfor Cardiovascular Diseases; Immature Defense System CausesAllergic 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; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Epilogue; Diseases Caused by the Civilization; 3 Key Strategies to Prevent Diseases; The Role of Communities; Blank Page; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 22, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63483-062-8