Download the PDF to view the full-scale timeline of ACOFP's history, including many of the "firsts" that made ACOFP what it is today. Published in honor of ACOFP's 75th anniversary. ...
Editor's Message
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This edition of OFP focuses on topics of interest to readers, including the childhood obesity epidemic, the care of transgender patients, and the treatment of trigger finger. All are important to the physician of today. The osteopathic profession and family osteopathic physicians are far richer...
Letter to the Editor
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Vaccines and Knowledge: Silent Guardians Against HPV
What We Know About HPV and What We Need to Know About HPV
To the OFP Editor: Student Doctors Anna-Taylor Harbin and Alexa Lane provided a useful overview of human papillomavirus in the OFP Patient Education Handout (published in the Fall 2024 issue). They also raised some important questions concerning HPV for family physicians. Which HPV-relat...
From the President's Desk
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As we progress in 2025, I am privileged to share my reflections in this special edition of the Osteopathic Family Physician . This issue marks the 75th anniversary of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), a significant milestone that celebrates our enduring legacy and cal...
Review Articles
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Caring for Transgender Persons
Gender in Clinical Decisions, Tools, and Labs
Individuals who identify as transgender (TGD) who are taking gender-affirming hormone therapies (GAHT) may experience physiologic changes that impact the interpretation of laboratory results, diagnostic tools, and risk calculations. This review provides guidance for healthcare practitioners on navig...
20-25
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Rates of obesity among adults and children in the United States have been on the rise for decades and continue to increase based on recent studies. This is due to a combination of individual, environmental, and socioeconomic factors. Most recent studies indicate that 19.7%, or approximately 14.7 mil...
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Introduction: Stenosing tenosynovitis of the flexor tendon, more commonly known as trigger finger (TF), is an ailment characterized by inflammation of the A1 pulley. This inflammation can eventually lead to pain and the inability to manipulate the digit. While surgical release is considered the gold...
Brief Reports
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Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) during and after pregnancy can present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. In our case, a 31-year-old Asian American woman developed PGP and lower back pain that was not relieved 3 months’ postpartum. She was treated with over-the-counter analgesics and physical therapy f...
Clinical Images
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Statins are the drug of choice to help lower cholesterol levels. Adverse effects, although infrequent, are usually linked to dose increases and improve with medication reduction/cessation. The growing population of patients prescribed statin medications and the nature of their use for lifetime car...
Patient Education Handout(s)
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This article is designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading. What Is Masculinizing GAHT? Masculinizing gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is the use of hormones to develop masculine physical attributes. The individual must ha...
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This article is designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading. Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep. These pauses can last from seconds to minutes and can occur multiple times throughout the nigh...