Publications : B. Natterson-Horowitz,M.D.

Wildhood

“A fascinating and well-written book about the universal journey of adolescence. It is full of insights about humans as well as many other animals. There is much that human teenagers can learn from the experiences of adolescent penguins and hyenas.”
—Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and Homo Deus

“It blew my mind to discover that teenage animals and teenage humans are so similar. Both are naive risk takers. I loved this book!”
—Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation

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Zoobiquity

Smithsonian | A Top Book of 2012
Discover Magazine | Best Book of 2012
China Times | 2013 Best Book for Translated Title
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Book | Finalist, 2013
National Public Radio | Science Friday
New York Times | Bestseller

“The connections we share with the rest of life on our planet are a source of beauty and, in Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers’ luminous new account, the inspiration for an emerging and powerful approach to human health.”
—Neil Shubin, paleontologist and author of Your Inner Fish

Zoobiquity advances a species-spanning approach to health which turns to the natural world as a source of insights and inspiration.

The book offers two approaches to understanding and addressing high impact human physical and psychiatric disorders. First, because human vulnerability to illness is rooted in our animal and evolutionary past, to fully understand why we get sick we must also learn why other animals do, too. Second, the natural world contains countless adaptations with potential relevance to human health.

Zoobiquity advances an approach to accelerate biomedical innovation through a bio-inspired approach.

Book Chapters

Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara. “Tinbergean Approach to Clinical Medicine” in Integrating Evolution into Medical Education: An Evolving Perspective. Eds. Schulkin, Jay and Michael Powers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, In Progress.

Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara, and Daniel T. Blumstein. “Integrating Evolutionary Thinking into Medical Education and Curricula” in Darwin’s Roadmap to the Curriculum. Oxford: Oxford University Press, In Press.

Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara, Kevin Shah and Kalyanam Shivkumar. “Evolution of the Cardiovascular System” in Oxford University Handbook: Evolutionary Medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Natterson Horowitz, B. (2001). Approach to the Patient With Chest Pain. In Pregler & DeCherney (Eds.) Women’s Health: Principles and Clinical Practice (pp.1-6). Philadelphia: BC Decker.

Natterson, B. (2000). Cardiovascular Disorders (Editor). In Gawlinksi and Hamwi (Eds.) Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in Clinical Curriculum (pp.135-295). Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co.

Natterson, B. and Fawzy, F. (1994). Psychiatric Care of the Cancer Patient. In Cameron (Ed) Practical Oncology. Norwalk: Appleton & Lange.

Small, G. and Natterson, B. (1987). Psychiatric Problems of Critically Ill Patients. In Problems in Critical Care.

Academic Articles

Natterson-Horowitz B and Cho JH (2021) Stress, Subordination, and Anomalies of Feeding Across the Tree of Life: Implications for Interpreting Human Eating Disorders. Front. Psychol. 12:727554. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727554. [Article]

Horowitz, B. N. Baccouche, B. M., Head, Jennifer Mary, Shivkumar, Tejas, Bertelsen, Mads Frost, Aalkjær, Christian, Smerup, Morten H., Ajijola, Olujimi A., Hadaya, Joseph, Wang, Tobias. Did Giraffe Cardiovascular Evolution Solve the Problem of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction? Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 2021:248-255. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoab016. [Article]

Neco, L.C., Abelson, E.S., Brown, A., Natterson-Horowitz, B., Blumstein, D.T. The evolution of self-medication behaviour in mammals. Submitted 11/2018.

Devinsky, O., Boesch, J.M., Cerda-Gonzalez, S., Coffey, B., Davis, K., Friedman, D., Hainline, B., Houpt, K., Lieberman, D., Perry, P., Pruss, H., Samuels, M.A., Small, G.A., Volk, H., Summerfield, A., Vite, C., Wisniewski, T., Natterson-Horowitz, B. A cross-species approach to disorders affecting brain and behaviour. Nature Reviews Neurology. 2018. 14:677-686. [PDF]

Blumstein, D.T., Rangchi, T.N., Briggs, T., De Andrade, F.S. and B. Natterson-Horowitz. A systematic review of carrion eaters’ adaptations to avoid sickness. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2017. 53(3):577-581.

Rabinowitz, P., B. Natterson-Horowitz, L. Kahn, R. Kock, M. Pappaioanou. Incorporating One Health into Medical Education. BMC Medical Education. 2017. 17(1):45. [PDF]

Azziz R, Carmina E, Chen Zi-Jiang, Dunaif A, Laven J, Legro R, Lizneva D, Natterson-Horowitz B, Teede H, Yildiz B. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 2016. [Article]

Fessler DMT, Natterson-Horowitz B, Azziz R. Evolutionary Determinants of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome-Part 2. Fertility and Sterility. 2016. [Article]

Natterson-Horowitz B. A Physician’s View of One Health: Challenges and Opportunities. Vet Sci. 2015;2(1):23-25.

Natterson-Horowitz B. Comparative and Evolutionary Medicine: An Example from Cardiovascular Medicine. Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine. 2015;70(4):3-5.

Blumstein DT, Buckner J, Shah S, Patel S, Alfaro ME, Natterson-Horowitz B. The evolution of capture myopathy in hooved mammals: a model for human stress cardiomyopathy? Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. 2015;1:195-203.

Rabinowitz PM, Kock R, Kachani M, Kunkel R, Thomas J, Gilbert J, et al. Toward proof of concept of a One Health approach to disease prediction and control. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Dec. [Article]

Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara, “Zoobiquity: The Intersection of Human and Veterinary Medicine.” Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association Newsletter. 10 December 2012.

Lellouche N, De Diego C, Cesario DA, Vaseghi M, Natterson Horowitz B, Mahajan A, Wiener I, Boyle NG, Fonarow GC, and Shivkumar K. Usefulness of Preimplantation B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Level for Predicting Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Am J Cardiol. 2007;99(2):242-6.

Lellouche, N., De Diego, C., Cesario, D.A., Vaseghi, M., Natterson Horowitz B, Mahajan A, Wiener I, Boyle NG, Fonarow GC, and Shivkumar K. Pre-Implantation B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Is a Predictor of Positive Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. J Card Fail. 2006;12(6),S63.

Kaushal R, Cesario DA, Natterson B, Mahajan A, Vaseghi M, Buch E, Wiener I, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K, and Doshi RN. P6-69 Anatomic relation of the bronchial tree to the left atrium. Heart Rhythm. 2006;3(6),S324.

Natterson Horowitz B, Vaseghi M, Mahajan A, Cesario DA, Buch E, Valderrábano M, Boyle NG, Ellenbogen KA, and Shivkumar, K. Percutaneous intrapericardial echocardiography during catheter ablation: a feasibility study. Heart Rhythm. 2006;3(11):1275-82

Anzai H, Child J, Natterson B, Krivokapich J, Fishbein MC, Chan VK, and Tobis, JM. Incidence of thrombus formation on the CardioSEAL and the Amplatzer interatrial closure devices. Am J Cardiol. 2004;93(4):426-31.

Anzai H, Chan VK, Tobis JM, Natterson B, Krivokapich J, Fishbein MC, and Child JS. 1076-201 Relative incidence of thrombus formation on the cardioSEAL and amplatzer interatrial closure devices. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004;43(5), A382.

Middlekauff HR, Nguyen AH, Negrao CE, Nitzche EU, Hoh CK, Natterson B, Hamilton M, Fonarow GC, Hage A, and Moriguchi JD. Impact of acute mental stress on sympathetic nerve activity and regional blood flow in advanced heart failure: implications for ‘triggering’ adverse cardiac events. Circulation 1997;96(6):1835-42.

Stevenson LW, Couper G, Natterson B, Fonarow G, Hamilton M, and Creaser SW. Target heart failure populations for newer therapies. Circulation 1995;92(9)174-81.

Media Articles

Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara and Kathryn Bowers. "That Bird That Just Saved My Life: What Animals Can Teach Doctors," Newsweek, October 9, 2015. [Article]

Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara, and Kathryn Bowers. “Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing.” Muse. January 2013. Explorations.

Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara, and Kathryn Bowers. "Our Animal Natures." New York Times. 10 June 2012, sec. The Opinion Pages: SR1. Print.