Survival of the Sickest Author : Sharon Moalem Publisher : HarperCollins UK Total Pages : 290 Release : 2007 ISBN 10 : 9780007236107 ISBN 13 : 0007236107 Language : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL GET BOOK Survival of the Sickest Book Description: Sharon Moalem proposes that common diseases came into existence for very good reasons - for example, how diabetes may be a by-product of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age, and why Asians can't drink as much alcohol as Europeans. She also looks at how the modern world influences disease.