{"product_id":"2940169349320","title":"Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing","description":"In 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This 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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joining 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116578128112,"sku":"2940169349320","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169349320_p0.jpg?v=1763680472","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169349320","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}