An Epidemic of Absence
A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
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An Epidemic of Absence
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Narrated by:
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Chris Sorensen
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Written by:
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Moises Velasquez-Manoff
About this listen
An Epidemic of Absence asks what will happen in developing countries, which, as they become more affluent, have already seen an uptick in allergic disease: Will India end up more allergic than Europe? Velasquez-Manoff also details a controversial underground movement that has coalesced around the treatment of immune-mediated disorders with parasites. Against much of his better judgment, he joins these do-it-yourselfers and reports his surprising results.
An Epidemic of Absence considers the critical immune stimuli we inadvertently lost as we modernized, and the modern ills we may be able to correct by restoring them. At stake is nothing less than our health and that of our loved ones. Researchers, meanwhile, have the good fortune of living through a paradigm shift, one of those occasional moments in the progress of science when a radically new way of thinking emerges, shakes things up, and suggests new avenues of treatment. You'll discover that you're not you at all, but a bustling collection of organisms, an ecosystem whose preservation and integrity requires the utmost attention and care.
©2012 Moises Velasquez-Manoff; "Afterword to the Paperback Edition" copyright 2013 by Moises Velasquez-Manoff (P)2017 Tantor