Volume 49 Number 1 
 January - March 2011 Issue

C O N T E N T S

Editorial

PhilHealth Can Save Philippine Healthcare
          Dr. Willie T. Ong,  MPH, FPCP

Legal Prescription for Doctors

Peri-operative Medicine: Doing It Right
          Rodel V. Capule  M.D., FPCP

Original Article

Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Concurrent  Chemoradiotherapy vs Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Patients with Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
          Sherry Athena Ruste, MD, FPCP, PSMO, Danilo S. Dizon, M.D,FPCP, FPSMO, Francis Ramirez, MM, DPROS, Christine Sagpao, MD, FPROS, Beatrice Tiangco, MD, FPCP, FPSMO, Edilberto Fragante, MD, FPCR, FPROS

Sonographically Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Thyroid Nodules: Correlation Between Cytologic and Histopathologic Findings
          James K. Young, MD, Cherry Gail Lumapas, MD, Roberto Mirasol, MD

Minimum Waist Circumference and Visceral Fat Values by Ultrasonography to Identify Adult Urban Filipinos at Risk for Metabolic Syndrome
           Eddelyn G. Salomon, MD, Ma. Cristina E. Hizon, MD and Josephine C. Raboca, MD

The Accuracy of Signs and Symptoms in the Presumptive Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections Among Adult Females Admitted at the MPI-MCM
          Sangit L. Kasaju, MD, Emelrose Tinoco, MD, Marirose Aplasca-De Los Reyes, MD, FPSMID

Awareness, Usage and Perception of Food Supplements Among Adult Residents  in Metro Manila
          Arsenia J. Cruz, RND,   Celeste C. Tanchoco, Dr.P.H and  Consuelo L. Orense, M.S.P.H (Nutr)

QoL of Colorectal Cancer Stoma Patients at the Philippine General Hospital - Cancer Institute
          Sherry Athena Ruste, MD, FCPC, PSMO, Corazon Ngelangel, MD, FCPC, FPSMO

Case Report

Cause of Primary Amenorrhea in a Filipina: The Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome (Mullerian Agenesis, Congenital Absence of the Uterus and Vagina)
           Mark Anthony S. Sandoval, MD, Frances Lina C. Lantion-Ang, MD

Cardiac Tamponade as a Complication of Hypothyroidism: A Case Report
           Karen Domingo Lazaro, MD, Frederick Ogbac, MD, Juancho Alfredo Las, MD, FPCP, Maria Theresa Adajar-Tolentino, MD, FPCP,
Rosa Allyn Sy, MD, FPCP, FPSEM

Drug Trial

The Safety and Efficacy of Metformin and Glimepiride Combination Among Filipinos with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
            Grace K. Delos Santos, MD, MS