Diabetes management DO’s review on diabetes and lifestyle management makes Healio’s Top 10 of 2017 Review in Osteopathic Family Physician highlights new Standards of Medical Care Jan. 2, 2018Tuesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Kim Pfotenhauer, DO, contributed one of the Top 10 family medicine stories of 2017, according to Healio. In 2017’s Standards of Medical Care, the American Diabetes Association emphasizes that lifestyle management is the key to treating patients with diabetes, according to a review article published by Dr. Pfotenhauer in Osteopathic Family Physician. Read more. “The cornerstone of treatment of patients with diabetes is lifestyle management. In the vast landscape of advice on diet and exercise, it is important to give evidence-based recommendations on lifestyle management to our patients with diabetes,” Dr. Pfotenhauer, assistant professor of medicine in the primary care department at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, told Healio Family Medicine. In their article, Dr. Pfotenhauer and colleagues reviewed the most important lifestyle recommendations by the ADA to help osteopathic family physicians provide their patients with the best diabetes care. For more, here’s a link to Healio’s Top 10 family medicine stories of 2017. More in Newsbriefs DO appointed to VA leadership role Haipeng “Mark” Zhang, DO, will serve as acting assistant under secretary for health. Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories. Previous articleA hip-hop doc who rocks, as doctor and dance instructor Next articlePerspectives on living and dying from best-selling author's widow
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Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories.