Overview

"A revelatory depiction of what animals can teach us about the human body and mind, exploring how animal and human commonality can be used to diagnose, treat, and heal patients of all species. ""Full of fascinating stories.” —Atul Gawande, M.D. Do animals overeat? Get breast cancer? Have fainting spells? Inspired by an eye-opening consultation at the Los Angeles Zoo, which revealed that a monkey experienced the same symptoms of heart failure as human patients, cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz embarked upon a project that would reshape how she practiced medicine. Beginning with the above questions, she began informally researching every affliction that she encountered in humans to learn whether it happened with animals, too. And usually, it did: dinosaurs suffered from brain cancer, koalas can catch chlamydia, reindeer seek narcotic escape in hallucinogenic mushrooms, stallions self-mutilate, and gorillas experience clinical depression. Natterson-Horowitz and science writer Kathryn Bowers have dubbed this pan-species approach to medicine zoobiquity.  New York Times Bestseller An O, The Oprah Magazine “Summer Reading” Pick A Discover Magazine Best Book"

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Author:   Barbara Natterson-Horowitz ,  Kathryn Bowers
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Vintage Books
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.312kg
ISBN:  

9780307477439

ISBN 10:   0307477436
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   09 April 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Author's Note 1. Dr. House, Meet Doctor Dolittle Redefining the Boundaries of Medicine 2.  The Feint of Heart Why We Pass Out 3. Jews. Jaguars and Jurassic Cancer New Hope for Ancient Diagnosis 4. Roar-gasm An Animal Guide to Human Sexuality 5. Zoophoria Getting High and Getting Clean 6. Scared to Death Heart Attacks in the Wild 7. Fat Planet Why Animals Get Fat and How They Get Thin 8. Grooming Gone Wild Pain, Pleasure, and the Origins of Self-Injury 9. Fear of Feeding Eating Disorders in the Animal Kingdom 10. The Koala and the Clap The Hidden Power of Infection 11. Leaving the Nest Animal Adolescence and the Risky Business of Growing up 12. Zoobiquity Acknowledgments Notes Index

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If common ancestors with worms, fish, and apes lie in our past, then Zoobiquity points the way to our future. The connections we share with the rest of life on our planet are a source of beauty and, in Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers' luminous new account, the inspiration for an emerging and powerful approach to human health. Zoobiquity is a book that explodes barriers and myths all in the purpose of bettering the human condition. <br> -- Neil Shubin, paleontologist and author of Your Inner Fish<br> <br> Zoobiquity is full of fascinating stories of intersection between human and nonhuman medicine -- fish that faint; dinosaur cancers; human treatments that cure dogs of melanoma; lessons from adolescent elephant behavior that explain human teenagers. I was beguiled. <br>--Atul Gawande, M.D. <br> Centered on an insight rich with consequences, this beautifully written book is loaded with fascinating material that makes a compelling case for viewing human health and disease comparatively. We have more to learn from other species than I had ever suspected. Gripping and memorably engaging, it belongs in the hands of anyone with an ounce of curiosity about the biological sources of the human condition. <br>--Stephen Stearns, PhD., Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University <br> Fascinating reading about the similarities in both the physiology and behavior of people and animals. <br>--Temple Grandin, Ph.D. <br> astute and funny... revelatory... Zoobiquity is as clarion and perception-altering as works by Oliver Sacks, Michael Pollan, and E. O. Wilson. - Booklist <br> <br> The book features countless intriguing anecdotes of cross-species health problems...after finishing, you're guaranteed to never look at your dog, cat, or any other animal the same way again. - Publisher's Weekly <br> A groundbreaker written for the lay reader. - Library Journal, 12/12/11 <br> Engaging and accessible...This book not only

Full of fascinating stories. . . . I was beguiled. Atul Gawande, M.D., bestselling author of <i>Complications Provocative. . . . It s exciting to watch a doctor discovering just how much the animal kingdom has to teach her. Carl Zimmer, <i>The Daily Beast</i> Illuminating . . . [and] difficult to put down. . . . Reading <i>Zoobiquity</i> gave this reader a totally new perspective on his furred and feathered neighbors. Dennis Rosen, <i>The Boston Globe [A] pacy, readable, and entertaining manifesto for a zoobiquitous approach to health and wellbeing, to be welcomed by vets and other human animals. <i>The Observer</i> (London) Not only [have the authors] presented a very credible argument for collaboration between disciplines, but she has done so in a most entertaining and beautifully written manner. <i>New York Journal of Books [The authors] make a convincing case. . . . You will find the argument hard to resist. Plus you will have some killer dinner party gems. <i>New Scientist Tremendously interesting and beautifully written. . . . At once entertaining and respectful of the reader s intelligence. <i>Winnipeg Free Press Profoundly illuminating. . . . As clarion and perception-altering as works by Oliver Sacks, Michael Pollan, and E. O. Wilson. <i> Booklist (starred review) The book features countless intriguing anecdotes. . . . After finishing, you re guaranteed to never look at your dog, cat, or any other animal the same way again. <i>Publishers Weekly</i> The authors provide solid evidence that humans are not as far removed from the rest of the natural world as we might have thought. Engaging [and] useful. <i>Kirkus Reviews This beautifully written book is loaded with fascinating material that makes a compelling case for viewing human health and disease comparatively. We have more to learn from other species than I had ever suspected. Gripping and memorably engaging, it belongs in the hands of anyone with an ounce of curiosity about the biological sources of the human condition. Stephen Stearns, Ph.D., Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University Fascinating reading about the similarities in both the physiology and behavior of people and animals. Temple Grandin, Ph.D., author of <i>Animals Make Us Human The connections we share with the rest of life on our planet are a source of beauty and, in Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers luminous new account, the inspiration for an emerging and powerful approach to human health. Neil Shubin, paleontologist and author of <i>Your Inner Fish This important book shatters barriers between disciplines and professions. . . . A must read for students interested in animals and evolution who are considering careers as biologists, ethologists, physicians, veterinarians, nurses, dentists, psychotherapists, nutritionists and many others. Marc Bekoff, author of <i>Minding Animals</i> and <i>The Emotional Lives of Animals</i>, and co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals</p>

Full of fascinating stories. . . . I was beguiled. --Atul Gawande, M.D., bestselling author of Complications Provocative. . . . It's exciting to watch a doctor discovering just how much the animal kingdom has to teach her. --Carl Zimmer, The Daily Beast Illuminating . . . [and] difficult to put down. . . . Reading Zoobiquity gave this reader a totally new perspective on his furred and feathered neighbors. --Dennis Rosen, The Boston Globe [A] pacy, readable, and entertaining manifesto for a zoobiquitous approach to health and wellbeing, to be welcomed by vets and other human animals. -- The Observer (London) Not only [have the authors] presented a very credible argument for collaboration between disciplines, but she has done so in a most entertaining and beautifully written manner. -- New York Journal of Books [The authors] make a convincing case. . . . You will find the argument hard to resist. Plus you will have some killer dinner party gems. -- New Scientist Tremendously interesting and beautifully written. . . . At once entertaining and respectful of the reader's intelligence. -- Winnipeg Free Press Profoundly illuminating. . . . As clarion and perception-altering as works by Oliver Sacks, Michael Pollan, and E. O. Wilson. --Booklist (starred review) The book features countless intriguing anecdotes. . . . After finishing, you're guaranteed to never look at your dog, cat, or any other animal the same way again. -- Publishers Weekly The authors provide solid evidence that humans are not as far removed from the rest of the natural world as we might have thought. Engaging [and] useful. -- Kirkus Reviews This beautifully written book is loaded with fascinating material that makes a compelling case for viewing human health and disease comparatively. We have more to learn from other species than I had ever suspected. Gripping and memorably engaging, it belongs i

<p> Full of fascinating stories. . . . I was beguiled. --Atul Gawande, M.D., bestselling author of Complications<br> <br> Provocative. . . . It's exciting to watch a doctor discovering just how much the animal kingdom has to teach her. --Carl Zimmer, The Daily Beast <br> Illuminating . . . [and] difficult to put down. . . . Reading Zoobiquity gave this reader a totally new perspective on his furred and feathered neighbors. --Dennis Rosen, The Boston Globe<br> <br> [A] pacy, readable, and entertaining manifesto for a zoobiquitous approach to health and wellbeing, to be welcomed by vets and other human animals. -- The Observer (London) <br> Not only [have the authors] presented a very credible argument for collaboration between disciplines, but she has done so in a most entertaining and beautifully written manner. -- New York Journal of Books<br> <br> [The authors] make a convincing case. . . . You will find the argument hard to resist. Plus you will have some killer dinner party gems. -- New Scientist<br> <br> Tremendously interesting and beautifully written. . . . At once entertaining and respectful of the reader's intelligence. -- Winnipeg Free Press<br> <br> Profoundly illuminating. . . . As clarion and perception-altering as works by Oliver Sacks, Michael Pollan, and E. O. Wilson. --Booklist (starred review)<br> <br> The book features countless intriguing anecdotes. . . . After finishing, you're guaranteed to never look at your dog, cat, or any other animal the same way again. -- Publishers Weekly <br> The authors provide solid evidence that humans are not as far removed from the rest of the natural world as we might have thought. Engaging [and] useful. -- Kirkus Reviews<br> <br> This beautifully written book is loaded with fascinating material that makes a compelling case for viewing human health and disease comparatively. We have more to learn from other species than I had ever suspected. Gripping and memorably engaging, it belongs i

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Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., earned her degrees at Harvard and the University of California, San Francisco. She is a cardiology professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and serves on the medical advisory board of the Los Angeles Zoo as a cardiovascular consultant. Her writing has appeared in many scientific and medical publications. Kathryn Bowers was a staff editor at The Atlantic and a writer and producer at CNN International. She has edited and written popular and academic books and teaches a course at UCLA on medical narrative.

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