Osteopathic Medicine

Osteopathic medicine provides all of the benefits of modern medicine including prescription drugs, surgery, and the use of technology to diagnose disease and evaluate injury. It also offers the added benefit of hands-on diagnosis and treatment through a system of treatment known as osteopathic manipulative medicine. Osteopathic medicine emphasizes helping each person achieve a high level of wellness by focusing on health promotion and disease prevention.

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OCT 17, 2020

Clinical & Molecular DX

OCT 17, 2020

Imaging Innovation Set to Ease the Pain of Osteoarthritis

In osteoarthritis, the joint cartilage that cushions bones begins to break down, causing debilitating pain and stiffness ...

WRITTEN BY: Tara Fernandez

JUL 19, 2020

Cardiology

JUL 19, 2020

Common Biomarker Could Predict Heart Disease

Heart failure is usually associated with conditions like high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. But there may ...

WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch

APR 09, 2020

Genetics & Genomics

APR 09, 2020

As the Knee Evolved, So Did Arthritis Risk

As humans evolved, they began to walk upright, which has helped propel our species forward, literally and figuratively.

WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch

OCT 24, 2019

Cancer

OCT 24, 2019

Diet and prostate cancer

It is difficult to pinpoint a specific diet to its benefits or detriments, largely because so many other factors often g ...

WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan

SEP 08, 2019

Cannabis Sciences

SEP 08, 2019

Why Does Cannabis Help Arthritis?

One of the main health claims for marijuana is rheumatoid arthritis (RA). If marijuana acts to alleviate symptoms of rhe ...

WRITTEN BY: Amy Loriaux

OCT 17, 2020

Clinical & Molecular DX

OCT 17, 2020

Imaging Innovation Set to Ease the Pain of Osteoarthritis

In osteoarthritis, the joint cartilage that cushions bones begins to break down, causing debilitating pain and stiffness ...

WRITTEN BY: Tara Fernandez

JUL 19, 2020

Cardiology

JUL 19, 2020

Common Biomarker Could Predict Heart Disease

Heart failure is usually associated with conditions like high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. But there may ...

WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch

APR 09, 2020

Genetics & Genomics

APR 09, 2020

As the Knee Evolved, So Did Arthritis Risk

As humans evolved, they began to walk upright, which has helped propel our species forward, literally and figuratively.

WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch

OCT 24, 2019

Cancer

OCT 24, 2019

Diet and prostate cancer

It is difficult to pinpoint a specific diet to its benefits or detriments, largely because so many other factors often g ...

WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan

SEP 08, 2019

Cannabis Sciences

SEP 08, 2019

Why Does Cannabis Help Arthritis?

One of the main health claims for marijuana is rheumatoid arthritis (RA). If marijuana acts to alleviate symptoms of rhe ...

WRITTEN BY: Amy Loriaux

JUN 23, 2019

Cancer

JUN 23, 2019

Can my dog detect cancer better than a PET scan?

Yet another reason to love your pup. New research from The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association suggests that ...

WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan

APR 30, 2019

Microbiology

APR 30, 2019

Fecal Transplants Recommended for Recurrent C. diff Infections

While hospitals are intended to be places of healing, people can acquire nasty infections with drug-resistant bacteria d ...

WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch

JAN 23, 2019

Health & Medicine

JAN 23, 2019

Impact of Ankylosing Spondylitis on Quality of Life

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that most often affects the sacroiliac (SI) joints ...

WRITTEN BY: Dena Aruta

JAN 21, 2019

Genetics & Genomics

JAN 21, 2019

Genetic Connections to Osteoarthritis and Potential Treatments

Scientists are learning more about how small genetic changes can lead to an increased risk of disease.

WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch

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Speaker: M. Eric Benbow, PhD, AAFS-F

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Keynote Presentation: Cannabis for Health Promotion and Disease...

Dr. Sulak will review the evidence supporting the use of cannabis to not only treat serious disease, but to prevent them and maintain health, with practical and easy to implement dosing strat...

Speaker: Dustin Sulak, DO

Presented at: Cannabis Sciences 2019

C.E. CREDITS

Deciphering the Necrobiome and Postmortem Microbiomes for Use...

The necrobiome is the community of organisms that use or are affected by decomposing organic matter. Decomposing organic matter comes in the form of dead plant matter (biomass) or that of de...

MAR 27, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

C.E. CREDITS

MAR 27, 2019 7:30 AM PDT

Keynote Presentation: Cannabis for Health Promotion and Disease...

Dr. Sulak will review the evidence supporting the use of cannabis to not only treat serious disease, but to prevent them and maintain health, with practical and easy to implement dosing strat...