Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018): January/February 2018

We recently placed a call for patient education handout submission, and the response was strong both in number and quality. Osteopathic physicians know what it means to write information at the literacy level of the patient, and we are all getting practice with this in our respective electronic h...

When the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind – you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy. I’ve been practicing osteopathic medicine for 39 years, and have held appointed and ...

Aortic aneurysms (AA) are permanent, localized abnormal dilation of the wall of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, occurring as a result of medial degeneration of the arterial wall, generally, as a result of increased aortic hypertension or genetic predisposition. Risk factors fo...

Giant cell arteritis, also known as temporal arteritis, is a condition that can present in patients with a headache, scalp tenderness, anemia, jaw claudication, diplopia or sudden severe vision loss. The main differential diagnosis is non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Upo...

A 73-year-old female with past a medical history of diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension and thyroid disease presented to the Urgent Care Center with right distal thumb pain and swelling (Figure 1). She had been seen two days prior, diagnosed with paronychia and prescribed cephalexin ...

A 14-year-old caucasian male presents to the emergency department after being struck by a baseball to the left side of his face. The patient reports that while playing the outfield, he was hit by a line drive to the eye after losing the ball in the sun. He denies wearing glasses or conta...

As osteopathic family physicians, we have the privilege of taking care of patients. In a way, we already enter into a relationship with a patient the minute we walk through the exam door. Whether the osteopathic family physician chooses to communicate with their patients in a controlled, safe sett...

The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to all the arteries in the body. It travels down the back of the chest and abdomen and then branches into two large arteries by the hips. An aneurysm is a stretch or bulge in the vessel that is caused by long-term vesse...

Many people experience sports and recreation-related eye injuries each year. In fact, the number is estimated to be around 100,000 with approximately 42,000 going to the ER for treatment. Sports-related injuries cause over 13,000 people to go blind yearly and is the leading cause of blin...

Paronychia is a skin infection that occurs around a fingernail or toenail. It can be acute lasting less than six weeks or can be chronic and persist for more than six weeks. It is most likely to occur following a break in the skin, such as with trauma, nail-biting, and ingrown nails. It ...