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A 52-year-old woman presents to the ED with epigastric abdominal pain and bright red hematemesis. She is hypotensive and tachycardic. The attending physician calls on you, their voice sharp with urgency: “… what do you want to do, doctor?” Your heart rate goes up and the fluorescent lights above appear to brighten with anticipation.
Medical students traditionally apply to residency programs during their fourth year. Many are hoping to match into their ideal specialty as well as their top-choice program. Throughout this article, I aim to demystify the strategies that successful medical students used to match into their top programs. I talked to three DOs who shared their journey … Read More
The first few days after I received my new flute that my parents had ordered from the JCPenney catalog, our house was filled with music. I cannot vouch for the quality of the music, but my 11-year-old soul was filled. A lifelong journey was only just beginning. After weeks of waiting for the flute to … Read More
Throughout his 43 years as a pediatrician and 17 years as an addiction specialist, Jan Widerman, DO, has come across many patients who might have avoided developing a substance use disorder (SUD) had they been diagnosed and treated for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as children. As a mostly genetic disorder, ADHD is typically diagnosed before … Read More
This article was updated Oct. 22 with new information on HHS actions to address the shortage of IV fluids. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will support providers and suppliers impacted by Hurricane Helene within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster zones, under President Biden’s major disaster declarations. On … Read More
Full moons causing irregular or unexplainable behavior in humans and animals has been a belief for some for centuries around the world. One group that historically subscribes to this belief is emergency physicians. Anecdotes abound of hectic nights in the emergency room brought on by the brightest phase of the lunar cycle; a 2011 study published in the … Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic naturally got scientists, physicians and members of the public revisiting other catastrophic infectious disease epidemics to see how they were handled by the frightened public and an unprepared society. Hannah Wunsch, MD, a critical care physician and researcher, happened upon a largely untold story of a deadly 1952 polio epidemic in Denmark … Read More
DOs whose practice of medicine has been impacted by a recent natural disaster can apply for a disaster relief grant from the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF) via its Disaster Relief Program. The funding was made possible through donations to AOF by AOA members and state osteopathic association members. Currently, eligibility is limited to those affected by … Read More
A.T. Still, MD, DO, was ahead of his time in promoting preventive medicine and focusing on treating the whole patient rather than just symptoms. In this spirit, it is critical that we apply this overall philosophy to caring for our aging population (which is soon to rapidly expand).