Vol. 15 No. 3 (2023): Summer 2023

"Standing on the shoulders of giants allows us to see far into the future with a clearer vision” is an often-quoted phrase attributed to John of Salisbury in the twelfth century (1159). We celebrate past leaders who made our learning and profession. The giants of the past moved through the educati...

Over the past several months, I’ve had the privilege of visiting various ACOFP state society meetings and student chapter meetings at our Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (COMs). These interactions have been inspiring, allowing me to connect with fellow osteopathic family physicians, residents, and...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading.            This new feature will highlight the legacy of ACOFP past presidents. ...

Context: Up to 15% of concussed patients experience persistent symptoms and functional impairment following injury. This is often related to headaches, dizziness, imbalance, and visual disturbances. Objectives: To perform a systematic review of the evidence for interventions used to mana...

Low back pain (LBP) is a common complaint in adolescents and has been increasingly reported in recent years. Affecting roughly 40% of adolescents, it leads to negative overall health, higher incidence of LBP in adulthood, and greater utilization of health care resources over one’s lifeti...

Polypharmacy is defined as use of multiple medications (>5) and is common in the elderly adult population. Polypharmacy typically results from the accumulation of treatments for chronic medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, and psychiatric illness...

Chronic scrotal content pain affects 100,000 men in the United States annually. Up to 50% of these cases do not resolve by following conventional treatment algorithms and are deemed to be idiopathic. There is little peer-reviewed literature supporting the specific cause and effect relati...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF to see the images. CASE PRESENTATION A 78-year-old right-hand–dominant male presents to urgent care after experiencing sudden pain and popping in the right upper extremity while lifting an object in the ...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading.            CASE REPORT A 92-year-old female presented with white nodules on her toes. Her nodules appeared approximately 3 weeks prior and had been slow...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading.            Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that arises from melanocytes, the pigment-producing cells in the skin. It is the most dangerous form of skin can...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading.            WHAT ARE MIGRAINES? A migraine is a type of headache that affects roughly 12% of people in the United States (up to 6% of men and 17% of women)...