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It's rare that a person comes into contact with their former self, real time, as they are going through the difficult years of puberty. The self that was struggling to be adult while dealing with the complex emotions and situations of growing up-all while being hammered on a daily basis by life's most confusing questions. Puberty is rough. But author Chad Bishoff shares his own journey through his raw, sometimes hilarious-and often surprisingly profound-journal entries as a preteen boy. Surviving Puberty explores Bishoff's shocking realization of how those thoughts and experiences shaped and...

In 1991, at the start of the first Gulf War, I was as a 4th year medical student in Paris France on a general surgery rotation. Little did I know that fifteen years later, as I cared for Iraqi - civilians, military, terrorists who would have killed us given the chance, the words of Dr. Jean Louis Paille would echo in my mind - "Patient care trumps politics every time... Every time." Under fire and under pressure in Balad, Iraq, Lt. Col Jay T. Bishoff, a United States Air Force surgeon, gives a first-hand account of the war in Iraq through unique photographic images and his personal encounters...

In the area of urologic oncology, laparoscopic techniques were met with a 'let's wait and see attitude.' Only recently have outcome data exceeding 5 years become available, thus solidifying the place of laparoscopy in treating genitourinary malignancy. Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was the first urologic laparoscopic procedure for cancer to significantly decrease the side effects of open surgery while giving equivalent or improved disease specific outcomes. Scepticism about cancer control and difficulty in learning the procedure delayed the dissemination of these techniques to the patient...