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J M Goldenring

Publications and source records attributed to J M Goldenring.

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PubMed1986

Urinary tract infection with Staphylococcus saprophyticus.

A case of urinary tract infection with Staphylococcus saprophyticus is presented. This gram-positive organism can cause urethral symptomatology in males and females without history of catheterization or urinary tract abnormality. Evidence suggests that S. saprophyticus is a cause of sexually transmitted urethritis.

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PubMed1986

Primary liver abscesses in children and adolescents. Review of 12 years clinical experience.

Twelve cases of liver abscess in children and adolescents presenting at Children's Hospital at Los Angeles from 1974 to 1983 were reviewed. Most occurred in children younger than 5 years of age. The time from onset of symptoms to presentation did not differ over the 10-year period examined. However, diagnosis was made more rapidly in the latter half of the decade due to the development of advanced noninvasive imaging techniques and serologic methods. A constellation of fever, abdominal pain (whether or not localized in the right upper abdomen), vomiting or anorexia, hepatomegaly, elevated white blood cell count and sedimentation rate, and an unexplained anemia should prompt the clinician to include occult liver abscess in the differential diagnosis and proceed to early use of ultrasound or isotopic liver-spleen scan. History of travel or immigration or exposure to food handlers harboring the infection is important to differentiate amebic abscess from bacterial abscess. This suspicion may greatly alter the course of treatment.

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PubMed1985

The brain-life theory: towards a consistent biological definition of humanness.

This paper suggests that medically the term a 'human being' should be defined by the presence of an active human brain. The brain is the only unique and irreplaceable organ in the human body, as the orchestrator of all organ systems and the seat of personality. Thus, the presence or absence of brain life truly defines the presence or absence of human life in the medical sense. When viewed in this way, human life may be seen as a continuous spectrum between the onset of brain life in utero (eight weeks gestation), until the occurrence of brain death. At any point human tissue or organ systems may be present, but without the presence of a functional human brain, these do not constitute a 'human being', at least in a medical sense. The implications of this theory for various ethical concerns such as in vitro fertilisation and abortion are discussed. This theory is the most consistent possible for the definition of a human being with no contradictions inherent. However, having a good theory of definition of a 'human being' does not necessarily solve the ethical problems discussed herein.

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PubMed1984

Leprosy in teenage immigrants. Case reports and clinical review.

Two cases of newly diagnosed leprosy (Hansen's disease) are presented to remind physicians of the nature of this disorder and its increasing prevalence due to migration to the United States from endemic areas. In both cases, leprosy was not initially considered by the American physicians. Important clinical clues to diagnosis are reviewed.

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PubMed1984

Knowledge of testicular cancer risk and need for self-examination in college students: a call for equal time for men in teaching of early cancer detection techniques.

College athletes were surveyed about their knowledge and practice of early cancer detection techniques. Males were almost completely unaware of their risk for testicular cancer (87%). Only 9.6% had been taught testicular self-examination and only half of these by their physician. Six percent actually examined themselves regularly. In comparison, more than 60% of women had been taught breast self-examination (75% by a physician) and about one third were doing regular examinations. More than 90% of the young men and women had been seen by physicians for a physical examination within the past 3 years. Physicians need to begin educating males about testicular cancer and its early detection.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

Prevalence of disease in Southeast Asian teenagers. Results of screening medical examination at a residential vocational training facility.

Findings on health screening of immigrant Southeast Asian adolescents enrolled at a Federally funded vocational training facility were reviewed for the years 1979-1982. History of or positive skin test for tuberculosis was found in 55%. A heavy parasite burden was found in 46% of the recent Laotian immigrants, but was infrequent in Vietnamese who had been in the United States for several months before testing. Anemia was found in only 5.5%, though an additional 6.5% had findings suggestive of Thalasemia trait. Hepatitis B surface antigen positivity occurred in 16.8% but none had abnormal liver enzymes. One case of leprosy and three cases of idiopathic microscopic hematuria were detected.

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