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Before diving into the financial literacy conversation, it's essential to understand where this book sits in the broader landscape of financial education and how it serves as a precursor to the HowMoneyWorks series. Every grand journey starts with a single transformative step. In mastering personal finance, that step is embracing the urgency and significance of financial education. This book is crafted to awaken you to the current state of financial illiteracy. It offers a panoramic view of its effects on individuals and society, using characters like the HowMoneyWorks book series. While HowMoneyWorks offers you a deep dive into the intricacies of managing, investing, and growing your money, this book sets the stage. It illuminates the profound gap between what we think we know and what we need to know about money. Through compelling stories, real-life scenarios, historical perspectives, and empowering strategies, this book is designed to shake up your mindset. Its goal is to ignite a passion for understanding money, emphasizing that this knowledge isn't just a 'nice-to-have' but a fundamental necessity in today's world. By the end of this book, you will not only grasp the monumental importance of financial literacy but will be impatient to take the next step. And that's where the HowMoneyWorks education comes in. Once the 'why' of financial literacy is deeply ingrained, HowMoneyWorks can offer the 'how.' It breaks down complex financial concepts into digestible bits, presenting a roadmap for anyone navigating the often tumultuous waters of personal finance. At the beginning of this journey lies the first of the7 Money Milestones®: Get a Financial Education. It's a rallying cry for you to break free from financial ignorance. Understanding its dynamics is paramount before saving, investing, or protecting your money. By emphasizing this milestone from the outset, we ensure that you don't just aimlessly wander in finance but can walk with purpose, clarity, and confidence.

Completely revised by new authors, this Fifth Edition presents 100 patient cases designed specifically to prepare students for clinical vignettes on the USMLE Step 1. Each case proceeds from chief complaint through diagnostic workup and treatment and includes buzzwords in history taking, physical examination, laboratory tests, imaging, and pathology. This edition's cases give greater emphasis to pathogenesis, epidemiology, differential diagnosis, management, and complications and include radiologic images, photographs, tables, and algorithms. A new two-page format encourages students to read the case presentation and formulate an initial diagnosis before turning the page for the answer. The book ends with twenty all-new board-format questions and answers.