2007 Survival of the Sickest A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease

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1、SurvivaloftheSickestAMedicalMaverickDiscoversWhyWeNeedDiseaseDR.SHARONMOALEMwithJonathanPrinceTomygrandparentsTibiandJosephinaElizabethWeiss,whoselivesservedtoteachmethecomplexitiesofsurvivalCONTENTSIntroductionvCHAPTERIIroningItOutCHAPTERIIASpoonfulofSug

2、arHelpstheTemperatureGoDownCHAPTERIIITheCholesterolAlsoRisesCHAPTERIVHey,Bud,CanYouDoMeaFava?CHAPTERVOfMicrobesandMenCHAPTERVIJumpintotheGenePoolCHAPTERVIIMethylMadness:RoadtotheFinalPhenotypeivContentsCHAPTERVIIIThat’sLife:WhyYouandYouriPodM

3、ustDieConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndexAbouttheAuthorsCreditsCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherINTRODUCTIONhisisabookaboutmysteriesandmiracles.AboutmedicineTandmyth.Aboutcoldiron,redblood,andneverendingice.It’sabookaboutsurvivalandcreation.It

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