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Connecting Health in Animals and Humans

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A Species-Spanning Approach to Health

“Full of fascinating stories…” —Atul Gawande, M.D.

“Fascinating reading…” —Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

“Provocative…” —Carl Zimmer, author and science writer

“After finishing, you’re guaranteed to never look at your dog, cat, or any other animal the same way again.” —Publisher’s Weekly

 

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A Discover Magazine BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

AAAS/Science Book Award Finalist

An O., The Oprah Magazine, Summer Reading Pick

 

We may think our problems are uniquely human. But animals and humans get the same diseases. How might we better understand human health and illness if we harnessed knowledge from veterinarians, the doctors that take care of other animals? Zoobiquity explores how jaguar breast cancer, dolphin diabetes, flamingo heart attacks, canine PTSD—and more—are transforming human medicine.

ZOOB FACTS TO PONDER

Grasshoppers binge on sugar and carbs

In an experiment by Dror Hawlena, an ecologist at Yale, grasshoppers were stressed out when they...

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ZOOB FACTS TO PONDER

Grasshoppers binge on sugar and carbs

In an experiment by Dror Hawlena, an ecologist at Yale, grasshoppers were stressed out when they were trapped in cages with their mortal enemies: predatory spiders. When the grasshoppers realized danger was near, they stopped munching on high protein grasses. They switched to sugar-laden goldenrod, a flowering plant. Hawlena said this showed that when stressed by predator danger, grasshoppers in essence binged on sugar…something many humans do under stress too. Of course humans and grasshoppers are very different in many ways, but physicians studying eating behaviors and metabolism can use this information to gain a much wider perspective on what influences people’s food choices in different circumstances.

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Bullying, Infertility, Cancer and Obesity: the health of patients of many species was featured at the recent Zoobiquity Conference, September 29.

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by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD & Kathryn Bowers
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