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Some Psychological Aspects Of Dealing With Cancer, Joel J. Silverman

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Cancer has a potentially profound affect upon the emotional and physical life of the patient and his or her family. For most people the word “cancer” has a fearsome connotation. This discussion explores the areas of self-image, body-image, and personal relationships that are often altered in cancer patients, as well as the emotional and cognitive states which can result from malignancy and its treatment. We will also review some techniques for helping the patient. It is important to remember that the psychological responses to any illness are individual and largely determined by the patient’s past experience, psychological strengths, weaknesses and …

Virginia Commonwealth University Commencement Program [1980], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Menstrual Abnormalities, Leo J. Dunn

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Any physician involved in primary care will encounter patients with menstrual dysfunction. Mismanagement of this disorder is not usually the result of its complexity but rather the lack of an orderly approach. In unusual circumstances one may encounter a patient with a menstrual disorder of sufficient complexity to require referral. This decision should be based on a work-up indicating such a need rather than frustration after unsuccessful empiric therapeutic trials.

Identification Of The High-Risk Gravida, Robert E. Petres, Emily M. Coogan

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

In the past, there has been considerable pessimism about our ability to identify the pregnant patient at risk. However, with the development of sophisticated diagnostic techniques these patients can be identified and with appropriate treatment their outcome can be improved. This paper presents the overall benefit of categorizing obstetrical patients, the method that has been developed at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV), and certain categories of high-risk obstetrical patients who continue to present problems and have unacceptably high complication rates.

Endometriosis, W. Glenn Hurt, Ray A. Wetheim

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Endometriosis is diagnosed when tissue which resembles the endometrial lining exists outside the endometrial cavity. Although first described as a pathological entity in the late 1800s, the term “endometriosis” was not introduced until the early 1920s by Sampson. The great volume of literature which has accumulated on this topic is, by and large, a product of the 20th century.

Office Endometrial Sampling, Stephen A. Cohen, W. Glenn Hurt

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The concept of office endometrial sampling is not new. Kelly recommended its use in 1925. More recently, the procedure has received increased attention as physicians and the public have sought ways to curb the spiraling cost of medical care. Uterine curettage is the operation most commonly performed on women throughout the world. As an inpatient procedure, it costs $500 to $600. The same procedure performed in an outpatient surgical center costs $350 to $400. In over 90% of cases, an adequate endometrial sample may be obtained in the office at a cost of $50 to $60. For office endometrial sampling …

Introduction, W. Glenn Hurt

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology welcomed the opportunity to present the 51st Annual McGuire Lecture Series. The lectures were designed to provide the primary care physician with information which is clinically useful and applicable to the daily practice of obstetrics and gynecology. An effort was made to achieve a balance between those health problems that have been known for some time but whose understanding has changed and those problems that have been recognized more recently and whose solutions are still evolving.

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College Of Virginia Bulletin [1980], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

MCV bulletin for Virginia Commonwealth University includes information on academic regulations, degree requirements, course offerings, faculty, academic calendar, and tuition and expenses for professional programs on the MCV campus.

Urinary Incontinence In Women, J. Andrew Fantl

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The adult bladder and urethra acting as a unit allow for the voluntary dual function of urine collection and evacuation. Urinary continence is an acquired, “learned” state, and normal anatomy and function of the nervous and genitourinary systems are necessary to maintain it. Urinary incontinence is defined as “a condition where involuntary loss of urine is a social or hygienic problem and is objectively demonstrable.” This definition takes into account both sociocultural aspects and the need for objective clinical assessment of urinary leakage. Marked individual variations in physical activity, occupation and hygienic standards call for appropriate clinical judgment when evaluation …

Research In Action (1980)

Research in Action, 1975-1987

A publication devoted to describing the scholarly and creative activities of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Research In Action (1980-06)

Research in Action, 1975-1987

A publication devoted to describing the scholarly and creative activities of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate Bulletin [1980], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

Undergraduate bulletin for Virginia Commonwealth University includes information on academic regulations, degree requirements, course offerings, faculty, academic calendar, and tuition and expenses for undergraduate programs.

Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Bulletin [1980], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

Graduate bulletin for Virginia Commonwealth University includes information on academic regulations, degree requirements, course offerings, faculty, academic calendar, and tuition and expenses for graduate programs.

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1980, Volume Sixteen, Numbers One and Two.

The X-Ray (1980)

The X-Ray (MCV, 1913-2010)

The yearbook of the Medical College of Virginia.

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 57, No. 5, 1980)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Commonwealth (1980)

Commonwealth (VCU, 1979-1980)

The yearbook of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 57, No. 2, 1980)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Vcu Magazine (1980/1981)

VCU Magazine, 1971-1993

Special issue. Report from the President, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 57, No. 6, 1980)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 16 No. 1

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Management Of High-Risk Gravida, Shelby Jarrell

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Comprehensive prenatal care has become the hallmark of modern obstetrical practice. Awareness by both physicians and patients that such care is necessary for satisfactory perinatal outcome has led to the establishment of an obstetrical subspecialty, Maternal Fetal Medicine, to provide a higher level of prenatal care and to increase our knowledge of perinatal events. Many of the management techniques currently being used for high-risk pregnancies can be readily applied to the routine obstetrical population. The additional physician time and laboratory tests required are minimal, and the early identification and prevention of perinatal complications will eliminate the need for “crisis” medicine.

Relaxation Of The Supporting Structures Of The Female Pelvis, David H. Nichols

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The purpose of this discussion is to share with you some thoughts about pelvic relaxation, its mysteries, some technical minutiae helpful in identifying them and some of the surgical problems involved. Thus, by looking at a number of these diagnostic challenges, you may be stimulated to some diagnostic thinking in an office setting.

Contraception Versus Sterilization, Thampu Kumarasamy

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The World Health Organization reported that 40% of the pregnancies in the world in 1977 were unplanned and 20% were unwanted; in the United States in 1978 there were 1,300,000 teenage pregnancies, of which one million ended in abortions. To prevent these unwanted pregnancies and also to abolish the cost in terms of money, time and lives, conception control is very important. Contraception is as old as the human race. In ancient times Chinese women swallowed live tadpoles three days after their menses for this purpose. North African women mixed gunpowder solution and foam from a camel’s mouth and drank …

Cervical Cytology And Colposcopy, W. Glenn Hurt

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Colposcopy was first described by Hinselmann of Hamburg in 1925. The colposcope is a binocular microscope of low power (10x to 25x) which contains a light source and is mounted on a stand to permit its use in the study of the surface of the uterine cervix. Using the colposcope, the physician can identify and evaluate cervical epithelial abnormalities.

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 57, No. 4, 1980)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Critique [Of Concept Of Shame And The Mental Health Of Pacific Asian Americans], Helen Maclam

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Masayuki Sato's article Concept of Shame and the Mental Health of Pacific Asian Americans serves the vital function of raising issues as the necessary first step in seeking answers. Sato has convincingly related some attributes of Pacific Asian Americans (eg., high scholastic achievement, low utilization of mental health services and underemployment) to the need to avoid shame or "save face."

The Location Of Olfactory Receptor Sites. Inferences From Latency Measurements, T. V. Getchell, G. L. Heck, J. A. Desimone, S. Price

Physiology and Biophysics Publications and Presentations

Excitatory responses recorded from vertebrate olfactory sensory neurons are characterized by long latencies compared with those from other sensory receptors. Explanations which assume free access of the stimuli to receptor molecules presumably located on the olfactory cilia necessarily imply an intrinsic delay in the transduction mechanism. In contrast, the possibility of restricted or delayed access due to diffusion of the stimulus to molecular receptors located on the dendritic knob or proximal portions of the cilia suggests transduction processes having time courses similar to those in other sensory systems. We show that the threshold stimulus concentration and the latency of the …

Psychopharmacological Analysis Of Central Muscarinic And Nicotinic Receptors, Leonard T. Meltzer

Theses and Dissertations

Arecoline and nicotine are two psychoactive cholinergic alkaloids. Arecoline is primarily a muscarinic agonist while nicotine, at low doses, is a nicotinic agonist. The experiments in this dissertation investigated two major areas: (1) the role of different factors in the development of tolerance to the behavioral effects of arecoline and nicotine, and (2) the possible mechanism and site of action of the discriminative stimulus (DS) effects of arecoline and nicotine.

The role of dispositional and physiological factors comfiared to behavioral factors in the development of tolerance to the effects of arecoline and nicotine on operant behavior was assessed in Experiments …

Investigation Of A Factor Released By Neoplastic Cells Which Produces A Chemokinetic Response In Activated Macrophages, Richard Durelle Lane

Theses and Dissertations

The increase in rate of random migration (chemokinesis) of C. parvum activated macrophages in media conditioned by Lewis Lung (LL) carcinoma cells was attributed to a trypsin sensitive, heat stable, high molecular weight factor released from the membrane of the tumor cells.

A capillary tube assay was developed to expediently monitor the chemokinetic activity of macrophages incubated in whole and fractionated media. The capillary tube assay was found to be capable of detecting both chemokinetic and chemotactic (directional movement) factors present in the test media. Statistical analysis revealed the capillary tube assay provided reproducible data both within and between experiments. …