{"product_id":"0307593487","title":"Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2005, cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz was called to consult on an unusual patient: an Emperor tamarin at the Los Angeles Zoo. While examining the tiny monkey’s sick heart, she learned that wild animals can die of a form of cardiac arrest brought on by extreme emotional stress. It was a syndrome identical to a human condition but one that veterinarians called by a different name—and treated in innovative ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable medical parallel launched Natterson-Horowitz on a journey of discovery that reshaped her entire approach to medicine. She began to search for other connections between the human and animal worlds: Do animals get breast cancer, anxiety-induced fainting spells, sexually transmitted diseases? Do they suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia, addiction?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe answers were astonishing. Dinosaurs suffered from brain cancer. Koalas catch chlamydia. Reindeer seek narcotic escape in hallucinogenic mushrooms. Stallions self-mutilate. Gorillas experience clinical depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoining forces with science journalist Kathryn Bowers, Natterson-Horowitz employs fascinating case studies and meticulous scholarship to present a revelatory understanding of what animals can teach us about the human body and mind. “Zoobiquity” is the term the authors have coined to refer to a new, species-spanning approach to health. Delving into evolution, anthropology, sociology, biology, veterinary science, and zoology, they break down the walls between disciplines, redefining the boundaries of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZoobiquity\u003c\/i\u003e explores how animal and human commonality can be used to diagnose, treat, and heal patients of all species. Both authoritative and accessible, offering cutting-edge research through captivating narratives, this provocative book encourages us to see our essential connection to all living beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience \u0026amp; Math\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiological Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZoology\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eMammals\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Used - Poor","offer_id":48144644145342,"sku":"0307593487-6","price":3.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/917VZ8aphnL.jpg?v=1783684812","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0307593487","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}