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A 47-year-old white female presented to an outpatient dermatology practice in January 2019 with a chief complaint of a change within a congenital lesion. Four weeks prior, she noted a change in one of the lesion’s spots. The patient has a history of basal cell carcinoma diagnosed and treated 3 years prior, but she had no … Read More
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children and often goes untreated. A major barrier to treatment is the stigma surrounding the disorder, including from the educational and scientific community. Person-centered language (PCL) is associated with positive health outcomes, and its implementation is recommended by multiple professional groups, but its use … Read More
Osteopathic medicine is a holistic, patient-specific approach. Explaining the impact of osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) has been problematic because many of its effects are nonlinear. Complex systems theory (CST) is explored as a mechanism of understanding the interplay of the body’s anatomy and physiology, an illness process, and the effects of OMM. Tensegrity is discussed … Read More
Lymphatic treatments are gentle and passive techniques believed to enhance movement of lymph back into the central circulatory system. Animal studies provide supportive evidence, yet there are few studies in humans.
Structural skeletal abnormalities are associated with primary immunodeficient (PID) patients. These abnormalities have not been well studied in PID with reference to osteopathic medicine tenets. Osteopathic structural examinations of PID patients with respect to these tenets and the diagnosis of somatic dysfunctions preventing the free flow of lymph fluids back into the circulation and the … Read More
Despite the increase of importance placed on research, both by residency program directors and the medical field at large, osteopathic medical students (OMS) have significantly fewer research experiences than United States (U.S.) allopathic medical students and non-U.S. international medical graduates. However, few studies have addressed this long-standing discrepancy, and none directly have focused on osteopathic … Read More
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that commonly affects joints. Although many treatment options exist, the most common, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), have been associated with pulmonary infections. These types of infections (specifically pneumonia) can be detrimental to RA patients. This leads providers to utilize other treatment modalities such as glucocorticoids (GCs). GCs … Read More
In the April issue of Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (JOM), you’ll find a lineup of articles across various subspecialty areas and topics, including papers on the barriers to research opportunities faced by osteopathic medical students, glucocorticoid use in rheumatoid arthritis patients and the onset of pneumonia, the frequency of person-centered language in pediatric ADHD research3 … Read More
A 10-year-old male presented to our global outreach clinic in Uganda in May 2018 with a recurrent pruritic blistering rash on the lower leg of 1 year in duration. His medical history was unremarkable for autoimmune conditions or exposure to medications. Cutaneous examination showed urticarial plaques and numerous tense bullae in an annular arrangement on the … Read More