Vol. 15 No. 4 (2023): Fall 2023

Each day, physicians go to war against innumerable problems that patients have either self-created or that were created by the breakdown in the body on the macro or micro level. All of our bodies are aging, and systems are likely to fail. Over the course of our careers, we have witnessed many ...

In this issue of Osteopathic Family Physician , there is a focus on women’s health. We all know that the landscape of women's health is a mosaic of complex needs, which include reproductive health, maternal care, functional and lifestyle considerations, and other gender-specific medical conditions...

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Urinary incontinence is a nuanced and stigmatized condition that causes significant challenges for a large number of people in the United States and imposes a large financial and community burden. We provide an overview of major categorizations of incontinence by type as well as potentia...

Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is a serious obstetric complication that can be life-threatening. Age-adjusted incidence of ectopic pregnancy is roughly 15.8 pregnancies per 1000. Despite this seemingly low value, EP remains one of the largest contributors to maternal mortality in the first trime...

Bronchiectasis is an uncommon chronic obstructive lung disease caused by chronic airway inflammation leading to irreversible bronchial dilation and destruction of medium-sized airways. In this case, we treated a bronchiectasis patient with a combination of osteopathic manipulative treatm...

Dacryocystitis is the inflammation of the nasolacrimal sac and is due to obstruction of the nasolacrimal system or lacrimal stagnation, leading to favorable environments for infection. Any disruptions to the nasolacrimal pathway can increase the risk of dacryocystitis. Here is a unique c...

  This article was originally published as a PDF. Please download the PDF to view the images.         CASE REPORT A 56-year-old female presents with multiple painless but enlarging cutaneous nodules. The lesions rapidly developed on her face, torso, and legs (Figur...

CASE REPORT A 34-year-old Caucasian male with no past medical history presented to the emergency department for a bilateral lower-leg rash that began 3 days prior. The rash was not painful or pruritic. The area of involvement had expanded and the rash had darkened since on...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading.            Pregnancy, or gestation, is defined as the period in which a fetus develops inside a female’s uterus. There are physiologic changes that occur as...

This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading.            TREATMENT OPTIONS Mild cases of hyperemesis gravidarum can be managed with rest, hydration, antacids, and avoidance of triggers su...