Primary mediastinal tumors are relatively rare. The relative incidence of these tumors indicates that neurogenic tumors are the most common tumor seen constituting 21 % of all cases, thymomas 19%, lymphomas 12.5%, germ cell tumors 10%, primary carcinomas 4.6%, mesenchymal tumors 6%, endocrine tumors 6%, cysts 18%. In adults, the majority of thyroid tumors, thymomas, mediastinal germ cell tumors and teratomas are located in the superior and anterior mediastinum. Of the neurogenic tumors 18%...

Antelope and porcupines in Africa. Feral cats and wild goats in Australia. Deer, pheasants, and rabbits in the United States and Europe. These are just a few of the world’s game animals, or creatures hunted for food. Game has been central to the development of humanity and forms a core part of cultures—and meat industries—from the Amazon to the Arctic. But despite the ubiquity of its consumption, it has never been the subject of a culinary overview. Paula Young Lee rectifies this oversight...

Five years after first telling her story, Randi-Lee looks back with hard-earned clarity and compassion. Addiction remains a relentless mental illness, touching lives across ages and families. Brandon was a teenager when drugs took hold, and the battle that followed reshaped everyone who loved him.In this expanded edition, Randi-Lee revisits the truths behind the eulogy, and she reflects on the boundaries she was forced to set, the heartbreak of loving from a distance, and what it t...