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June 2024 Vol. 124, No. 6

This study examined correlations between identified dementia comorbidities and subjective cognitive decline (the self-reported presence of worsening memory loss or confusion) in individuals ages 45–64 …

The objectives of this study are to describe the medical Spanish educational landscape at US osteopathic schools and evaluate program adherence to previously established basic standards.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the osteopathic sympathetic harmonization on the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis in youth with major depressive …

Effect of manual manipulation on mechanical gait parameters

Solomon B. Yanuck, BA; Sarah K. Fox, BS; Bethany R. Harting, BA; and Thomas M. Motyka, DO, MHPE

This study was designed to perform a systematic review of the literature to assess the impact of manual medicine modalities on biomechanical parameters of gait.

Medical Education

Concerns of osteopathic medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Odeh Hanna, DO; Christopher J. Vinyard, PhD; and Sharon Casapulla, MEd, EdD, MPH

The authors utilized a survey to quantify and describe medical students’ areas of concern related to residency application and to identify risk and protective factors resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Obstetrics/Gynecology

The impact of prepregnancy body mass index on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes

A. Dhanya Mackeen, MPH, MD; Victoria E. Boyd, DO; Meike Schuster, DO; Amanda J. Young, MS; Celia Gray, BS; and Kajal Angras, DO

This study aims to investigate the prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) class-specific risks for pregnancy and neonatal complications based on a prepregnancy BMI class.

Journal of Osteopathic Medicine Receives an Impact Factor!

The Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (JOM) recently received an Impact Factor! The JOM’s current Impact Factor is 1.5 and the journal will be included in the “Medicine, General and Internal” category. Read more about this monumental achievement here.

Proposed Amendments to AOA Governance Documents

View the proposed amendments to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Governance Documents, which will be presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates on July 19-21, 2024.

A woman presented to the allergy and immunology clinic having noted recurrent episodes of pallor in her fingers for the past 5 years. This blanching occurred somewhat symmetrically and circumferentially, and it always began at the tip of the digits. Read more

June 2024 Vol. 124, No. 6

Public Health and Primary Care

Comorbidities associated with symptoms of subjective cognitive decline in individuals aged 45–64

Medical Education

Prevalence and quality of medical Spanish education in US osteopathic medical schools: a national survey

NMM/OMT

Effectiveness of osteopathic manipulative applications on HPA axis in youth with major depressive disorder: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Effect of manual manipulation on mechanical gait parameters

Concerns of osteopathic medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic

The impact of prepregnancy body mass index on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes

Journal of Osteopathic Medicine Receives an Impact Factor!

Proposed Amendments to AOA Governance Documents

Raynaud’s phenomenon