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  Health Professions and Academia: How to Begin Your Career

  John Paul Sánchez and Nicholas N. Brutus

  This book increases undergraduate and graduate students' awareness of, interest in, and preparedness for academic health professions careers. It includes invaluable chapters that emphasize the importance of developing self-efficacy, knowledge, skills, and experiences not just for their resume but to build a foundation to strengthen students for the rest of their professional careers. The book provides the reader with basic information, tools, and a competitive edge through inspirational narratives from diverse graduate students and faculty, self-assessment exercises, and case-based discussion. These invaluable, authentic narratives will inspire, hearten, and encourage readers to pursue their health professional and academic careers confidently. Additionally, chapters outline the necessary tools for getting the most out of one's educational, research, service and leadership activities and optimize their competitiveness for graduate school and as pre-faculty. Unique, timely, and comprehensive, Health Professions and Academia provides undergraduate and graduate students with content to develop as competitive applicants to health-related graduate school and build a foundation from which they can establish successful careers in academia as future faculty, senior administrative leaders, and change agents. Source: Publisher

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  The psychedelic handbook : a practical guide to psilocybin, LSD, ketamine, MDMA, and DMT/ayahuasca

  Rick Strassman

  Everything you need to know about popular psychedelic drugs. Entering the world of psychedelic drugs can be challenging, and many aren't sure where to start. As research continues to expand and legalization looms on the horizon for psychedelics like psilocybin, you may need a guide to navigate what psychedelics are, how they work, and their potential benefits and risks. The Psychedelic Handbook is a complete manual that is accessible to anyone with an interest in these "mind-manifesting" substances. Packed with information on psilocybin, LSD, DMT/ayahuasca, mescaline/peyote, ketamine, MDMA, ibogaine, 5-methoxy-DMT ("the toad"), and Salvia divinorum/salvinorin A, this book is your ultimate reference for learning about psychedelic drugs. Inside you'll find: Information on the science and history of psychedelics; Psychedelics' potential to treat depression, PTSD, substance abuse, and other disorders, as well as to increase wellness, creativity, and meditation; How to safely trip, and what we know about microdosing; Recognizing and caring for negative reactions to psychedelics; And much more! Clinical research psychiatrist, founding figure of the American psychedelic research renaissance, and best-selling author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule, Dr. Rick Strassman shares his experience and perspectives as neither advocate nor foe of psychedelics in order to help readers understand the effects of these remarkable drugs.

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  We Need to Make a Plan A Journey and Guide to Project Management

  Robyn M. Gleasner

  This book chapter (from Project Management in Technical Services: Practical Tips and Case Studies) out­lines how project management and planning came to fruition for the Resources, Archives, and Discovery Unit (RAD) at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (UNM HSLIC). It also demonstrates how project management can help achieve the goals of projects by showing specific examples from projects such as the integrated library system migration, fourth floor shift to make room for a new classroom, and other inventory and shelf management projects as well as offering lessons learned along the way.

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  Writing to Heal

  Anthony Fleg

  “Disease loves stagnation. Healing requires movement and flow. When I reflect on what Anthony Fleg has taught me, flow and connection ring true. He is an artist in connecting people through his kind heart, infectious positive spirit and beautiful reflections. And through this connection, flow happens.

  The writings in this book are a beautiful example of connecting to the authentic truth that is all around us, even when it is difficult to see during COVID times. It encourages us to pick up a journal and use our own experiences to write, inviting new life into the world.”

  Dave Rakel, MD

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  Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Emergency Medicine

  Christopher Strother, Yasuharu Okuda, Nelson Wong, and Steven McLaughlin

  This is a practical guide to the use of simulation in emergency medicine training and evaluation. It covers scenario building, debriefing, and feedback, and it discusses the use of simulation for different purposes, including education, crisis resource management and interdisciplinary team training. Divided into five sections, the book begins with the historical foundations of emergency medicine, as well as education and learning theory. In order to effectively relay different simulation modalities and technologies, subsequent chapters feature an extensive number of practical scenarios to allow readers to build a curriculum. These simulations include pediatric emergency medicine, trauma, disaster medicine, and ultrasound. Chapters are also organized to meet the needs of readers who are in different stages of their education, ranging from undergraduate students to medical directors. The book then concludes with a discussion on the future and projected developments of simulation training. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Emergency Medicine is an invaluable resource for a variety of learners, from medical students, residents, and practicing emergency physicians to emergency medical technicians, and health-related professionals.

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  Developing and Standardizing Human Papillomavirus Test

  Attila Lorincz, Cosette Marie Wheeler, Kate Cuschieri, Daan Geraets, Chris JLM Meijer, and Wim Quint

  "[This book] presents a steady and massive accumulation of evidence about the role of HPV and prevention of HPV-induced cancer, along with the role and personal commitment of many scientists of different backgrounds in establishing global relevance. This exercise involved years of personal commitment to proving or disproving an idea that aroused initial skepticism, and that still has difficult implications for some. It remains one of the big successes of medicine that exploited both established medical science dating back to the nineteenth century and new molecular genetic science during a time of transition in medicine."--Website ebook

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  Diagnostic Pathology: Molecular Oncology. 2nd ed.

  Mohammad A. Vasef, Aaron Auerbach, Therese J. Bocklage, Devon Chabot-Richards, Nadine Aguilera, Kristin Hunt Karner, and Eric Y. Loo

  Covering all aspects of molecular pathology as it relates to the transformation and pathogenesis of cancer, this award-winning volume in the Diagnostic Pathology series is an expert resource for pathologists at all levels of experience and training, both as a quick reference and as an efficient review to improve knowledge and skills. This easily accessible, point-of-care reference features templated, bulleted content that is generously illustrated with charts, graphs, tables, and color photomicrographs of histology with special stains.

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  Management of Gastroparesis in the Setting of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

  Nadia V. Guardado and Edward D. Auyang

  This book presents a comprehensive approach to the diagnostic evaluation of gastroparesis and the medical and surgical treatment options available for this disorder. The initial chapters address the different etiologies, pathophysiology and diagnostic evaluation of this disease. Medical management, nutritional support and co-morbid conditions are also discussed. Subsequent chapters focus on endoscopic and surgical options for management and the current outcomes data for these procedures. A brief review of the existing literature addressing the particular topic is included in each section. Written by experts in the field, Gastroparesis covers each of these treatment sections that address patient selection, technical conduct and complications of the most common endoscopic procedures and operations, and anticipated outcomes of therapy.

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  Sleep Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease

  Lee K. Brown and Mark L. Unruh

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  Succeeding in academic medicine : a roadmap for diverse medical students and residents

  John P. Sánchez

  "This first-of-its-kind book for underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities (URM), women, and sexual and gender minorities in medicine offers the core knowledge and skills needed to achieve a well-planned, fulfilling career in academic medicine. The knowledge and skills provided by the esteemed co-authors, successful diverse pre-faculty, and junior and senior academicians, are complemented by their inspirational and motivational stories. Increasing diversity in the academic medicine workforce has been identified and embraced as a core value of institutional excellence at nearly all academic institutions and professional associations. Despite this established core value, certain groups such as Black/African-American, Latino/Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native-identified individuals, women, and sexual and gender minorities, are still present in lower proportions compared with the general population and lack inclusion. In 12 chapters and with a unique focus on a practical approach to increasing diversity and inclusion in academic medicine, this book demystifies the often-insular world of academic medicine. It comprehensively outlines career opportunities and associated responsibilities, how to transform academic-related work to scholarship, and offers a clear and transparent look into the academic appointment and promotion process. By focusing on the practical steps described in this handy book, students and residents can develop a strong foundation for an academic medicine career and succeed in becoming the next generation of diverse faculty and administrators"--Publisher's description

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  Transforaminal Access During Lumbar Endoscopy

  Anthony T. Yeung

  This book aims to familiarize readers with the overall scope of endoscopic surgeries for the treatment of various types of spinal disease. State of the art techniques for minimally invasive endoscopic procedures to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine are precisely described. The coverage includes cutting-edge endoscopic solutions for spinal canal stenosis or instability and low back pain. All technical aspects are explained in detail, and the text is complemented by many helpful illustrations. A further key feature is the provision of accompanying surgical videos, which will be of value to both novice and experienced surgeons. As a result of recent technological advances, minimally invasive endoscopic procedures are now being used for the treatment of patients with spinal problems in various institutes across the world. It can be anticipated that, in the near future, these procedures will be regarded as mainstream in spine surgery. The authors hope that this book will motivate the reader to participate in this trend, which promises important benefits for patients.

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  When to Perform a Cholecystectomy After Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tube Placement

  Neelakantan Prakash and Edward D. Auyang

  This chapter explores the complexities of cholecystectomy after percutaneous cholecystostomy tube for management of acute cholecystitis. Indications for and timing of PCT placement are covered, using the 2018 Tokyo Guidelines to stratify patients. Next we discuss outpatient management of cholecystostomy tubes and an algorithm for tube removal or interval cholecystectomy. We provide specific recommendations for timing of tube removal, timing of cholecystectomy, and clinical pitfalls that surgeons encounter in the management of these patients.

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  White Hot Light: Twenty-Five Years in Emergency Medicine

  Frank Huyler

  "When Frank Huyler was just starting out in the medical profession in the late 1990s, he published a collection of medical vignettes detailing his encounters in the highly charged world of an emergency room. The Blood of Strangers became an instant classic, praised for Huyler's poetic prose and his ability to probe beneath the surface of his patient encounters-revealing the hard truths of life in the medical field. Now, over twenty years later, Huyler delivers another dispatch from the emergency room trenches, this time from the perspective of the middle of his medical career. With years passed and experience gained, Huyler is able to offer a fuller and more nuanced portrait of what remains an astonishing, affirming, yet increasingly difficult and rapidly changing profession. White Hot Light offers-with narrative power and haunting prose-and unforgettable portrait of a field that illuminates society and its values at its most vulnerable"-- Provided by publisher.

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  Assessment and Care of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

  Snehal Bhatt, Bellelizabeth Foster, Vanessa Jacobsohn, Paul Romo, Tyler Seybert, and Roxanne Russell

  The American Opioid Epidemic: From Patient Care to Public Health provides practicing psychiatrists, trainees, and other mental health professionals with the latest information on opioid addiction, including misuse of heroin and other illicit opioids, the role of prescription analgesic opioids, and recent overdose trends. Although highly effective in relieving acute pain, opioids can cause untold damage to people's lives, health, and social structures. Recognizing the efficacy of these drugs when prescribed appropriately, the editors call not for eliminating access or for incarcerating those who are addicted, but for changing the patterns of prescribing and use. The crisis is analyzed by expert contributors from a wide variety of perspectives, they address issues of epidemiology and toxicology, prevention and harm reduction, and common comorbidities. Stressing that prevention and treatment do work, expert contributors provide down-to-earth, public-health-focused strategies that clinicians and public health workers alike will find indispensable. Moreover, the use of clinical vignettes and key chapter points help ground the reader and highlight the most important concepts. -- Publisher.

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  Beetle and Plant Arrow Poisons of the San People of Southern Africa

  Caroline S. Chaboo, Robert K. Hitchcock, Justin Bradfield, and Lyn Wadley

  Toxicology in Antiquity provides an authoritative and fascinating exploration into the use of toxins and poisons in antiquity. It brings together the two previously published shorter volumes on the topic, as well as adding considerable new information. Part of the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series, it covers key accomplishments, scientists, and events in the broad field of toxicology, including environmental health and chemical safety. This first volume sets the tone for the series and starts at the very beginning, historically speaking, with a look at toxicology in ancient times. The book explains that before scientific research methods were developed, toxicology thrived as a very practical discipline. People living in ancient civilizations readily learned to distinguish safe substances from hazardous ones, how to avoid these hazardous substances, and how to use them to inflict harm on enemies. It also describes scholars who compiled compendia of toxic agents. New chapters in this edition focus chiefly on evidence for the use of toxic agents derived from religious texts.

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  Bone Marrow Pathology, 4th ed.

  Kathryn Foucar, Kaaren Reichard, and David Czuchlewski

  The NEW Two-Volume 4th Edition of Kathryn Foucar's Bone Marrow Pathology is a major achievement, integrating classic morphologic diagnosis with the latest advances in flow cytometric immunophenotyping and immunohistochemistry with the most advanced molecular diagnostic techniques. The best of both worlds – this comprehensive two volume atlas features over 2,000 high-quality diagnostic images of neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease and illustrations of genetic results combined with practical advice from three masters of hematopathology, flow cytometry, and molecular genetic pathology. Bone Marrow Pathology, 4th Edition has the answers you need with tips, clues, and caveats in diagnosis and how to approach difficult diagnostic situations, as well as comprehensive coverage of immunology research and key diagnostic techniques including flow cytometry, flow cytometric immunophenotyping, immunohistochemistry, and cytogenetic and molecular genetic analysis.

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  Engaging the Community: Community-Based Participatory Research and Team Science

  Nina Wallerstein, Karen Calhoun, Milton Eder, Julie Kaplow, and Consuelo Hopkins Wilkins

  "Collaborations that integrate diverse perspectives are critical to addressing many of our complex scientific and societal problems. Yet those engaged in cross-disciplinary team science often face institutional barriers and collaborative challenges. Strategies for Team Science Success offers readers a comprehensive set of actionable strategies for reducing barriers and overcoming challenges and includes practical guidance for how to implement effective team science practices. More than 100 experts--including scientists, administrators, and funders from a wide range of disciplines and professions-- explain evidence-based principles, highlight state-of the-art strategies, tools, and resources, and share first-person accounts of how they've applied them in their own successful team science initiatives. While many examples draw from cross-disciplinary team science initiatives in the health domain, the handbook is designed to be useful across all areas of science. Strategies for Team Science Success will inspire and enable readers to embrace cross-disciplinary team science, by articulating its value for accelerating scientific progress, and by providing practical strategies for success. Scientists, administrators, funders, and others engaged in team science will also leave equipped to develop new policies and practices needed to keep pace in our rapidly changing scientific landscape"--Publisher's description

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  Innate and Adaptive Immune Response in Preeclampsia

  Nicholas Parchim and Yang Xia

  Translational Inflammation links laboratory and clinical data within primary and secondary care to clinical research data and offers a holistic and innovative approach to chronic inflammation and ageing. Understanding the role of inflammation as a part of clinical disease states is becoming a valuable tool in both direct treatment and the development of therapeutics. Translational Inflammation, the 4th volume in the Perspectives in Translational Cell Biology series, offers content for professors, students and researchers across basic and translational biology.

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  Polysomnographic Artifacts

  Madeleine Grigg-Damberger

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  The Unknown Effect of Antibiotic-Induced Dysbiosis on the Gut Microbiota

  Aleksandr Birg, Nathaniel L. Ritz, and Henry C. Lin

  Microbiome and Metabolome in Diagnosis, Therapy, and Other Strategic Applications is the first book to simultaneously cover the microbiome and the metabolome in relevant clinical conditions. In a pioneering fashion, it addresses not only the classic intestinal environment, but also the oral, gastric, lung, skin and vaginal microbiome that is in line with the latest investigations. Nonbacterial microbiomes, such as fungi and viruses are not overlooked, and the plasma microbiome is also discussed. As plasma, brain, placenta, tumor cells, and other sterile fluids and tissues, are increasingly recognized to potentially host a microbiome, albeit a limited one, this is a timely resource. The book's editors were fortunate to have the input of renowned collaborators from nearly all continents. This is truly an international effort that brings the latest in the field to students and professionals alike.

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  Well-being as a multidimensional concept : understanding connections among culture, community, and health

  Janet Page-Reeves

  Socially determined? Frameworks for thinking about health equity and wellness / Emily Mendenhall & Lesley Jo Weaver -- Employing a cultural lens to health promotion interventions to enhance health equity / Nancy Schoenberg & Claire Snell-Rood -- Community well-being, community intervention, and community development : changing community ecology / Edison J. Trickett & Leigh Rauk -- Culture and practice in relational well-being / Jean Schensul -- The allure of community : the ethical journey of people living with HIV disease in Philadelphia / Jeff Maskovsky -- "Free our people" : a disability studies perspective on well-being / Andrew Marcum -- Finding the "culture" in acculturation : cultural consonance and health among Mexican immigrant women in Alabama / Courtney Andrews -- Health and well-being among Native American indigenous peoples / Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan & Rodney C. Haring -- "Speak your mind and heart in the Indian way" : wellness and agency among American Indian elders / Elise Trott Jaramillo, Cathleen E. Willging, Emily Haozous, Steven P. Verney, & Erik Lujan -- Starved for company : rural seniors, social isolation, food charity, and impact on community well-being / Alicia Edwards & Janet Page-Reeves -- Technological approaches to food-related health equity / Andrea G. Parker -- Food sovereignty and wellness in urban African American communities / Anthony Ryan Hatch & Deja Knight -- From cultural to structural competency : the evolving roles of healthcare providers and medical education training to address persistent disparities / Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman & Andrew L. Sussman -- Evolving from a disease-focused to a health-focused healthcare system : from pathogenesis to salutogenesis / David Rakel -- The limits of resiliency : rethinking wellness in a family medicine residency program / Mary Alice Scott, John Andazola, & Russell L. Holman -- Milagro : an innovative program for pregnant women with substance use disorders / Nicole Yonke & Sarah Gopman -- Aligning research with action for health and well-being in the Columbia Gorge : the Community Health Advocacy and Research Alliance (CHARA) / Kristen Dillon, Paul Lindberg & Melinda Davis -- Shifting narratives for behavioral health justice : the #NMspeaksCrisis campaign / Jaelyn deMaría & Roberta Rael -- A place-based approach to assessing wellness : the New Mexico Community Data Collaborative / Thomas N. Scharmen & Gale G. Hannigan.

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  50 Ways To Save Your Heart

  David S. Schade and R. Philip Eaton

  If you want to place a winning bet, bet that heart disease will kill you. Yes, you. Why? Because heart disease kills more people in the U.S. than any other disease, including cancer. We want to reverse that bet and save your life. How? You need to read this book and follow its simple recommendations. Many people have already jumped on the bandwagon and defied the probability of dying from heart disease. This book gives you the easy tools to do just that. Prevention costs practically nothing and you don’t have to give up anything. You only have to eat and be smart about saving your heart.

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  Classifying Schizophrenia Subjects by Fusing Networks From Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms, DNA Methylation, and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data

  Su-Ping Deng, De-Shuang Huang, Dongdong Lin, Vince D. Calhoun, and Yu-Ping Wang

  "Imaging Genetics presents the latest research in imaging genetics methodology for discovering new associations between imaging and genetic variables, providing an overview of the state-of the-art in the field. Edited and written by leading researchers, this book is a beneficial reference for students and researchers, both new and experienced, in this growing area. The field of imaging genetics studies the relationships between DNA variation and measurements derived from anatomical or functional imaging data, often in the context of a disorder. While traditional genetic analyses rely on classical phenotypes like clinical symptoms, imaging genetics can offer richer insights into underlying, complex biological mechanisms. Contains an introduction describing how the field has evolved to the present, together with perspectives on its future direction and challenges Describes novel application domains and analytic methods that represent the state-of-the-art in the burgeoning field of imaging genetics Introduces a novel, large-scale analytic framework that involves multi-site, image-wide, genome-wide associations"-- Provided by publisher

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  Connectivity and dysconnectivity: A brief history of functional connectivity research in schizophrenia and future directions

  Eva Mennigen, Barnaly Rashid, and Vince D. Calhoun

  Connectomics: Applications to Neuroimaging is unique in presenting the frontier of neuro-applications using brain connectomics techniques. The book describes state-of-the-art research that applies brain connectivity analysis techniques to a broad range of neurological and psychiatric disorders (Alzheimer's, epilepsy, stroke, autism, Parkinson's, drug or alcohol addiction, depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia), brain fingerprint applications, speech-language assessments, and cognitive assessment. With this book the reader will learn: Basic mathematical principles underlying connectomicsHow connectomics is applied to a wide range of neuro-applicationsWhat is the future direction of connectomics techniques. This book is an ideal reference for researchers and graduate students in computer science, data science, computational neuroscience, computational physics, or mathematics who need to understand how computational models derived from brain connectivity data are being used in clinical applications, as well as neuroscientists and medical researchers wanting an overview of the technical methods. Features: Combines connectomics methods with relevant and interesting neuro-applications Covers most of the hot topics in neuroscience and clinical areas Appeals to researchers in a wide range of disciplines: computer science, engineering, data science, mathematics, computational physics, computational neuroscience, as well as neuroscience, and medical researchers interested in the technical methods of connectomics.

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  Diagnostic Pathology: Blood and Bone Marrow. 2nd ed.

  Kathryn Foucar, Devon Chabot-Richards, David R. Czuchlewski, Kristin Hunt Karner, Kaaren K. Reichard, Mohammad A. Vasef, Carla S. Wilson, Qian-yun Zhang, and Karissa Culbreath