Is an osteopathic physician a medical doctor? Well, it depends on who you ask. An osteopathic physician has a D.O. degree, which is different from the standard medical (M.D.) degree. I’ve commented in ...

Andrea Amalfitano, Dean of the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University In the years after the Civil War, without ...

My previous post on osteopathic medical training--suggesting that osteopathic physicians, on average, may not be as good as doctors with MD degrees--received a flood of negative comments. In ...

Osteopathic medicine focuses on treating the whole person. It combines traditional medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine, which is a hands-on technique to prevent, diagnose, and treat ...

Osteopathic medicine is one of the fastest-growing healthcare professions in the country—with both an increase in the number of doctors practicing in the U.S. and in the number of medical students. In ...

Andrea Amalfitano is a D.O. and dean of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He explains some of the foundations of the profession and its guiding principle: to use holistic ...

Osteopathy is a drug-free, noninvasive manual therapy. Osteopaths aim to help improve overall health across all body systems by manipulating and strengthening the musculoskeletal framework. An ...

FORT SMITH -- The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education will help develop an assessment to train osteopathic medical students nationwide. The institution's Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine was ...

The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Zmuda, D.O., as ...