{"product_id":"zoobiquity-the-astonishing-connection-between-human-and-animal-health-paperback","title":"Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Natterson-Horowitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKathryn Bowers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Full of fascinating stories.\" --Atul Gawande, M.D. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDo 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNatterson-Horowitz and science writer Kathryn Bowers have dubbed this pan-species approach to medicine \u003ci\u003ezoobiquity\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\"Summer Reading\" Pick \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Best Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., \u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Bowers\u003c\/b\u003e was a staff editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8.28 x 4.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754187325728,"sku":"9780307477439","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/78ec25e4010fbc52a7dd0634555652bb.webp?v=1780035328","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/zoobiquity-the-astonishing-connection-between-human-and-animal-health-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}