The Interpreting Diseases and Population Aging Libertini, Giacinto. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Corbi, Graziamaria. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Shubernetskaya, Olga. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Komici, Klara. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Ferrara, Nicola. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XX, 386 p. 93 illus., 73 illus. in color. online resource. This book proposes a way to radically renew medicine by extending to medicine the concepts of evolutionary biology. The book considers diseases not as unpredictable harmful events but as logical consequences of evolutionary mechanisms. In particular, a large part of the most widespread diseases that afflict modern populations are interpreted as the consequence of discordances (mismatches) between new living conditions and the adaptation of our species. It discusses the basic concepts, as well as diseases deriving from alterations of the genotype and general concepts about diseases deriving from alterations of the ecological niche. It also describes diseases deriving from relations with other living beings especially when the ecological niche is altered, diseases deriving from conditions beyond the adaptation range, and physiological phenomena that cause troubles and suffering or even death. A particular study is dedicated to the interpretation of aging and its consequences in normal or altered conditions of the ecological niche. The final part of the book describes the implementation of evolutionary medicine. This book, complementing the "Evolutionary Gerontology and Geriatrics" book, which is also published in this series, provides a valuable read for scholars and students in the fields of medicine, evolutionary biology, preventive medicine, and gerontology. 1. Introduction -- 2. Diseases Deriving from Alterations of the Genotype -- 3. Diseases Deriving from Alterations of the Ecological Niche – Part I: Not Regarding the Holobiont -- 4. Diseases Deriving from Alterations of the Ecological Niche - Part II: Regarding the Holobiont -- 5. Diseases Deriving from Relations with Other Living beings and from Conditions Beyond the Adaptation Range -- 6. Physiological Phenomena that Cause Troubles and Suffering or Even Death – Part I: Non-Phenoptotic Phenomena -- 7. Physiological Phenomena that Cause Troubles and Suffering or Even Death – Part II: Phenoptotic Phenomena Different from Slow Phenoptosis -- 8. Physiological Phenomena that Cause Troubles and Suffering or Even Death – Part III: Slow Phenoptosis or Aging -- 9. Other Topics Studied by Evolutionary Medicine -- 10. Implementation of Evolutionary Medicine. by Giacinto Libertini, Graziamaria Corbi, Olga Shubernetskaya, Klara Komici, Nicola Ferrara. Social medicine Evolution (Biology) Gerontology Epidemiology Health, Medicine and Society Evolutionary Biology Gerontology Epidemiology RA418-418.5 9783031848773 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84877-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84877-3 250225 20251030114946.0 978-3-031-84877-3