Survival of the Sickest

A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease

By: Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince

Narrated by: Eric Conger

How did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Will a visit to the tanning salon help bring down your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on—or off?

Survival of the Sickest reveals the answers to these and many other questions as it unravels the amazing connections between evolution, disease, and human health today.

Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.

Survival of the Sickest is filled with fascinating insights and cutting-edge research, presented in a way that is both accessible and utterly absorbing. This is a book about the interconnectedness of all life on earth—and, especially, what that means for us.

Read it. You're already living it.

Read by Eric Conger

I wish this was a series!!!

Where does Survival of the Sickest rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Top 3.

What did you like best about this story?

Educational, but yet given with a delivery of a story.

What does Eric Conger bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Passion.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I just couldn't stop listening.

Any additional comments?

I searched for a part two 3 different times just in case I might of missed something! Loved this book! Will listen to it a few more times!

Incredible!

I love all of the seemingly non-related examples turning out to be the best explanation for whatever topic he was focusing on at any given time. Amazing

not a disappointment!

Lots of new info delivered in a storytelling way. I'll listen again & recommend it to the curious.

For Any Interested in Biology

This was a summer reading for our AP Bio course. Needless to say, I’m hooked. Complex topics with detailed explanations, with a soothing narrator-just great.

wow great intro to DNA

this is a fantastic book about some theories about why we evolved the way we did. they did a great job at that