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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.
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Schneider C. Cassia cinnamon in diabetes mellitus type 2. Alter Med Alert. 2008;11:13-16.
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O’Mathuna DP. Garlic and cardiovascular disease. Alter Med Alert. 2008;11:20.
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Greenfield RH. Kombating bone weakness: Vitamin K and osteoporosis. 2008;11:21-22.
Greenfield RH. Of mesmer and morphine – Hypnosis and surgery. 2008;11:22-23.
Greenfield RH. Flakes? Cereal eaters and body weight. 2008;11:23-24.
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Harada and colleagues from Japan conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized multicenter trial of a low-dose oral contraceptive for the treatment of dysmenorrhea associated with endometriosis.
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Among various agents that have been used to prevent preeclampsia, the ones that have attracted the greatest attention have been low-dose aspirin, calcium, and vitamins C and E.
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Diagnostic ultrasonography is one of the most frequently utilized adjuvant tools clinicians rely upon to make treatment recommendations for suspect adnexal pathology.
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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.
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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).
