As the #OscarsSoWhite social media outcry made Hollywood listen to the call for racial inclusion (cue inclusion rider speech, please) the world of medicine has been rallying its own cry for diversity.
Over 1,000 white-coat-clad DOs and medical students descended on Washington, D.C., today to advocate for access to education funding and increased access to emergency care at disaster sites, while also promoting the osteopathic profession’s impact on health care.
CHICAGO—March 6, 2018—Lindsay Holtkamp was a semi-pro triathlete when she started noticing joint pain in her wrists and hands. But it wasn’t until other symptoms appeared, including dry eyes and a swollen tongue, that she was diagnosed with lupus, which affects an estimated 1.5 million Americans. Like Lindsay, about 90 percent of patients diagnosed with … Read More
I walked into the emergency department and met my new preceptor, who introduced himself and told me to get access to electronic medical records.
For a medical student, failing to match may be one of the most difficult challenges to face and overcome. But there is help. The DO spoke with Scott Glassman, PsyD, clinical assistant professor and associate director of the master of science program in Mental Health Counseling at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), about overcoming … Read More
The focus on physician well-being continues to gain prominence in the health care space, particularly within the clinical learning environment as physicians and physicians in training seek to eliminate burnout and find more joy and meaning in work.
In the early 1900s, the founder of osteopathic medicine, Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO, found himself practicing in an opioid epidemic similar to the epidemic taking place today.
A new review published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association found Vitamin D can’t be metabolized without sufficient magnesium levels, meaning Vitamin D remains stored and inactive for as many as 50 percent of Americans.
Deane Stryker, a first-year student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, was fatally stabbed Saturday at a public library in Winchester, Massachusetts. She was 22.