Explaining Health Across the Sciences 1st Edition Jonathan Sholl

Part I. Health Concepts Across Disciplines

1. Understanding Health from an Evolutionary Perspective

2. An Evolutionary Analysis of Health

3. What is a Healthy Body? A Biodemographer’s View

4. Biological Health and Homeodynamic Space

5. Healthy Biological Systems

6. Health in Philosophy: Definitions Abound but a Theory Awaits

7. Mental Health and Well-Being in Philosophy

8. Health Concepts at Work in Interdisciplinary Fields

9. Health, Ageing, Authenticity and Art

Part II. Health Across Systems

10. Healthy Mouth: An Odontological Perspective

11. Cardiovascular Health

12. Characteristics of Healthy Blood

13. Immunity and Health

14. What Is a Healthy Microbiome?

15. Molecular Biomarkers of Health

16. The Dynamic Pathosome: A Surrogate for Health and Disease

17. The Sleep Prism of Health

18. 1974 and All That: A Tale of Two Approaches to Healthy Sexuality

19. Health in Non-human Organisms

20. Healthy Worms

21. An Environmental Perspective on Health

22. Social Relations and Health

23. Kinds of Explanation in Public Health Policy

24. Shaking off the Linear Regulatory Constraints on Human Health

Part III. Health and Healthy Aging in Practice

25. Lifespan Versus Healthspan

26. Health and Immortality

27. Health and Pro-Longevity Interventions

28. Hormesis, Resilience and Mental Health: Enhancing Public Health and Therapeutic Options

29. Healthy Ageing in the Clinical Setting: Current Concepts and Future Prospects

Part IV. Conclusions

30. How is ‘Health’ Explained Across the Sciences? Conclusions and Recapitulation