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I have not, but thanks for bringing it to my attention. It's definitely going to be one of my next reads. - http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Life-Our-Bodies-Predators/dp/006180648X/ref=reg_hu-rd_dp_img
There's a new book out called "The Wild Life of Our Bodies" that has a lot of great info on the current research in this area.
There is indeed a biological explanation. Back in the days where we were hunters and lived in caves, we were very concerned with our own day-to-day survival to think too much about anything else. Our brains and bodies evolved to adapt to these wild environments.
However, our increasing ability to control our environment, led us to create small worlds that were increasingly separated from the wildness of nature. The brain that evolved to fight tigers with giant theet suddenly found itself without too much to think or do. Enter the obsessive or depressive behavior.
I recommend you this book that talks about this: http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Life-Our-Bodies-Predators/dp/006180648X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325184561&sr=1-1
https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Life-Our-Bodies-Predators/dp/006180648X
There are several other books on the same topic that are pretty good. This is probably the best start. It is evolutionary medicine if you want the broad field. The purpose of your appendix is to house microbiota in the event of diseases like cholera.
You might also be interested to know they discovered lymphatic vessels in the brain about 2 years ago. Likely related to alzheimers.