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There is a common symptom pattern with most chronic low back pain (CLBP), suggesting that there is a common underlying etiology, belying the term “nonspecific.” Many studies of CLBP and its treatment have been conducted with the assumption of nonspecificity, and as a result, treatment has not been focused, thus there has not been a … Read More
One of the two major pathways to become a physician in the United States is the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree. A major distinctive feature is often perceived as the addition of manual training in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in the DO education. However, the profession also has a distinct philosophy imbedded in the … Read More
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) negatively impact health outcomes later in life, in a dose–dependent relationship; however, little is known about the impact of the individual ACE categories and subjective cognitive decline (SCD) later in life.
In the March issue of Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (JOM), you’ll find a lineup of articles across various subspecialty areas and topics, including papers on chronic low back pain, the effects of face masks on oxygen saturation at graded exercise intensities, the impact of individual adverse childhood experiences and subjective cognitive decline later in life, … Read More
A 5-year-old male presented to our global health outreach clinic in Uganda in May 2018 for discoloration affecting the entire left side of his body since infancy. Cutaneous examination revealed unilateral distributed linear bands of skin-colored to dark-brown verrucous papules coalescing into plaques following Blaschko lines on the face, trunk, and extremities (Figures 1 and 2). Further examination … Read More
A 72-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension and colon cancer (in remission) presented to the emergency department in January 2022 because his wife noticed that his right ear was diffusely swollen and red for several hours. The patient recalled that he had a subjective fever 3 days prior that resolved without intervention and that he … Read More
Diabetes is a complex condition that is largely self-managed. Decades of scientific evidence has proved that early glycemic control leads to improved microvascular and macrovascular outcomes in people with diabetes mellitus. Despite well-established management guidelines, only about half of the patients with diabetes achieve glycemic targets, and only one in five patients achieve metabolic control … Read More
Sociological research has linked racism and discrimination among children to poorer health outcomes and social conditions later in life.
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) has been utilized by osteopathic clinicians as primary or adjunctive management for dizziness caused by neuro-otologic disorders. To our knowledge, no current systematic reviews provide pooled estimates that evaluate the impact of OMT on dizziness.