Obstetrics/Gynecology
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Full February 1, 2008 Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Physicians as Stakeholders in Health Care: PQRI Is An Opportunity to Participate
The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) is a program by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that affects physicians and other health care providers who participate in Medicare. Clinicians in practically all medical specialties can participate in this voluntary reporting initiative and earn a bonus for satisfactory reporting. -
Pharmacology Watch
Rosiglitazone (Avandia) implicated in yet another study; Prilosec and Nexium not associated with cardiac events; Anastrozole (Arimidex) shown more effective than tamoxifen for treatment of early-stage breast cancer; antibiotics show no effect on sinusitis; FDA actions. -
Full March 2008 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch: FDA Heightens Warnings on Chantix
In this issue: Stop smoking drug Chantix rates stronger warning from FDA; Type 2 diabetes surgery on the way?; Vytorin study inconclusive; Influenza A virus found resistant to Tamiflu; FDA actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Special Feature: Opposition to the Timing Hypothesis
The Timing Hypothesis argues that estrogen can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease when administered to relatively young postmenopausal women before atherosclerosis has developed to the stage of unstable plaques (plaques with necrosis and inflammation). -
Therapeutic Vaccination for Dysplasia: Early Efficacy
Heat shock proteins have been of clinical interest in therapeutic vaccination based on their ability to induce significant T- and B-cell responses against microbial pathogens and tumor antigens. -
The Value of Expert Ultrasonography
Diagnostic ultrasonography is one of the most frequently utilized adjuvant tools clinicians rely upon to make treatment recommendations for suspect adnexal pathology.