Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us

Throughout time, our genetic makeup has been programed to help us survive the world around us, but that may no longer be the case. In fact, the very traits that kept out forefathers alive may be killing us. Diseases like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, mental illness, heart disease, and stroke are increasing affecting more and more people.  Dr.Lee Goldman, cardiologist and dean of the medical school at Columbia University, joins us to talk about his “Too Much of a Good Thing: How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us.”