Plague Time : How Stealth Infections Are Causing Cancers, Heart Disease, and
Other Deadly Ailments
by Paul W. Ewald

"........Ewald argues that these serious illnesses are caused by a virtual
plague of
chronic infections. Acute infections give the sufferer symptoms almost
immediately; the flu, cholera, even Ebola are all well-known and
easy-to-identify examples of acute illnesses. Chronic infections, however,
are stealthy predators that may not produce any symptoms for decades, and so
remain almost undetectable, but eventually they ruin the sufferer's life. The
netherworld of stealth infections is now opening before us. In Plague Time,
Ewald puts forth an astonishing and profound argument that challenges our
modern beliefs about disease: it is germs -- not genes -- that mold our lives
and cause our deaths. Building on the recently recognized infectious origins
of ulcers, miscarriages, and cancers, he draws together a startling
collection of discoveries that now implicate infection in the most
destructive chronic diseases of our time, such as heart disease, Alzheimer's,
and schizophrenia. Acclaimed for years as one of the most important thinkers
alive today on the genesis of disease, Ewald now explodes conventional
medical thinking with a new comprehensive view of what germs do. Some people
worry about dangerous germs "going global." In most cases it is already too
late. The most dangerous germs among us have already been disseminated
globally. Ewald explains how evolution in this worldwide environment makes
some germs turn {*filter*} while some become harmless. Most importantly, he shows
how we can work together to master our modern infectious plagues by
controlling disease evolution. He reveals that we live in an ecosystem of
microbes, and we must understand them......."

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