No 1 (2016)

For and By Medical Students

Journal Communications

Letter from the Editors: Introducing the University of Arizona Journal of Medicine

Tania Hassanzadeh, Vicky Khoury

Abstracts

Efficacy of Alternate Day Statins for Lipid Reduction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sheena Galhotra, Muhammad Shahzed Khan, Irbaz Bin Riaz, Tam H. Truong, Asad Patanwala, Marion Slack

ARDS and Severe Symptomatic Hyponatremia Associated with MDMA Use. A Case Report

H. Fan, R. J. Bernardo, L. Meinke

Ocular Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome and Its Association with Cardiovascular Disease and Homocystinuria: A Meta-Analysis

Juan Siordia, Catherine R. Coverly

Survey of Arizona Emergency Department Infectious Disease Preparedness for Possible Ebola Patients

Lawrence DeLuca, Ashley Pickering, Zachary Roward, Tyler Durns, Ryan Miller, Dylan Sabb, John Cienki

Full Length Articles

Science with Societal Implications: Detecting Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Africa

Aubri S Carman, Arpita G. Patel

6-9

A Patient's Experience with Painful Vertebral Compression Fractures

Joseph Frankl, Charles Hennemeyer

10-11

Olfactomedin-1 Activity Identifies a Cell Invasion Checkpoint During Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition in the Embryonic Heart

Alejandro Lencinas, Danny C. C. Chhun, Kelvin P. Dan, Kristen D. Ross, Elizabeth A. Hoover, Parker B. Antin, Raymond B. Runyan

12-21

Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Based Balance Training Program in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Ivy Lin

22-26

The Pharmacology of Neurokinin Receptors in Addiction: Prospects for Therapy

Alexander J. Sandweiss, Todd W. Vanderah

27-33

Humanities

Secret Confessions of a Med School Mom

Mary Smith

The Way Forward

Victor Vallet

Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Myra Muramoto

Weston LaGrandeur, Rohini Patel

Dr. Zhain Khalpey

Alex Liu, Rohini Patel

Art

Bloom

Jennifer Bao

Manic Panic