AOA COMMUNICATIONS:

 Proposed Amendments to the AOA Bylaws

J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:184-186. [Full Text] [PDF]  

 History Bureau's Essay Competition Now Targets Five Core Principles

Michael Fitzgerald
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:192-193. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS:

 Another Case of Extended-Release Bupropion–Induced Seizure

Douglas Martin Rosoff
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:189-190. [Full Text] [PDF]  

 Embrace Evidence...With Both Eyes Open

John M. McPartland
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:190-191. [Full Text] [PDF]  

 A.T. Still Would Not Be Proud

Cory M. Fisher
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:191. [Full Text] [PDF]  

 Response

Loretta L. Mueller
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:191-214. [Full Text] [PDF]  

 Moving Beyond Myths of Substance Use Disorders

Steven W. Clay
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:214-215. [Full Text] [PDF]  

THE SOMATIC CONNECTIONS:

 

J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:194-195. [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEDICAL EDUCATION:

Spirituality and Medicine: Prevalence of Spirituality-in-Medicine Instruction at Osteopathic Medical Schools

Elizabeth K. McClain, Rance L. McClain, Gautam J. Desai, and Sara A. Pyle
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:197-202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Based on Internet research and the results of an electronic survey sent to all 22 colleges of osteopathic medicine in 2006, the authors determined that approximately 55% of osteopathic medical schools have some form of spirituality-in-medicine program.

REVIEW ARTICLES:

Current Concepts in Diastolic Heart Failure

Sunil Dhar, Deepak Koul, and Gilbert E. D'Alonzo, Jr
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:203-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

With early diagnosis and proper management, the prognosis of diastolic heart failure can be more favorable than that of systolic heart failure.

CASE REPORTS:

Paradoxical Response to Levalbuterol

LT Sarah E. Broski and CAPT Dennis E. Amundson
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:211-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Report of a case in which a 36-year-old man recently diagnosed with new-onset asthma was treated with levalbuterol tartrate but experienced paradoxical bronchoconstriction as a result.

CORRECTIONS:

 

J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:215-217. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CME QUIZ:

 

J Am Osteopath Assoc 2008 108:218. [PDF]  

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