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References
The additional reading:
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Paul W. Ewald
Evolution of Infectious Disease
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Michael McGuire
Alfonso Troisi
Darwinian Psychiatry
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Anthony Stevens
John Price
Evolutionary Psychiatry
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Wenda R. Trevathan
E.O Smith
James J. McKenna
Evolutionary Medicine
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Did you know...
...that the cough your child has might not be a part of the illness but an attempt by child's natural body defences to protect itself, and that treating this cough with "cough medications" can do more harm than good?
...that so-called "morning sickness" during pregnancy is also a protective mechanism for the unborn baby and that treating it with medication can cause a problem?
...that treating your child's diarrhea with antidiarrheal medications can prolong the actual illness?
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