As we enter into 2020, I would like to extend a huge “thank you” to the people that make Osteopathic Family Physician an incredible resource for our profession. I appreciate ACOFP President DeLuca’s support of the journal as well as all of the support provided by ACOFP's past presidents. A...
Editor's Message
From the President's Desk
Review Articles
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a prevalent disease that continues to affect more than one-tenth of the American population. Early detection is essential to slow the natural progression of CKD. This can be accomplished by urine and blood screening tests, which are analyzed for creatinine...
20-25
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Preventing Premature Weaning
Management Options for Common Lactation Conditions, Including OMT
The benefits of breastfeeding are well established. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that mothers breastfeed infants for at least one year, but most children are not breastfed that long because of many factors. Breastfeeding mothe...
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An Osteopathic Family Physician will encounter hypermobile patients. Hypermobility is a symptom of many of the subtypes of the Ehlers Danlos Syndromes (EDS). With the updated classification system (the 2017 International Classification of the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes) it is important for ...
Clinical Images
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This article was originally published as a PDF. Please download the PDF to view the images. A 26-year-old African American female presented to her family medicine office with a recent pre-syncopal event that occurred early that day. Symptoms included intermittent dizziness, lighthead...
Patient Education Handout(s)
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (commonly called Lupus) is a disease in which your body's own immune system attacks many different organs such as the heart, kidneys, lungs, blood, brain, skin and reproductive organs. The number of organs involved decides how bad the Lupus is and this is different for...