In 2005, cardiologist, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, started researching the afflictions encountered in her patients to find out if other animals were also affected. Astonishingly, she discovered that animals do indeed faint, overeat, and get cancers, just like we do, although doctors and veterinarians often treated similar conditions in vastly different ways. Perhaps healthcare would improve if the two disciplines shared new discoveries and tools? Natterson-Horowitz and science writer Kathryn Bowers have dubbed this pan-species approach to medicine zoobiquity. With this revelatory understanding of what animals can teach us about ourselves, they explore how animal and human commonality can be used to diagnose, treat, and heal patients of all species. -- From the publisher.

Originally published in hardcover : New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

Dr. House, meet Doctor Doolittle : redefining the boundaries of medicine -- The feint of heart : why we pass out -- Jews, jaguars, and Jurassic cancer : new hope for an ancient diagnosis -- Roar-gasm : an animal guide to human sexuality -- Zoophoria : getting high and getting clean -- Scared to death : heart attacks in the wild -- Fat planet : why animals get fat and how they get thin -- Grooming gone wild : pain, pleasure, and the origins of self-injury -- Fear of feeding : eating disorders in the animal kingdom -- The koala and the clap : the hidden power of infection -- Leaving the nest : animal adolescence and the risky business of growing up -- Zoobiquity.