mental health
Aug. 5, 2020How two emergency medicine DOs maintain wellness during COVID-19
Peer support is essential, attest the two DOs, who also share the additional routines and habits they have in place to prioritize their wellness.
Lifestyle
Treating trauma
July 29, 2020The DO Book Club, July 2020: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Traumatic stress expert Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD, discusses his lifelong research on psychosocial trauma. His insights have surprising parallels to osteopathic medicine.
a titan in his field
July 29, 2020“Doc Thor” recounts his time on The Titan Games, journey to sports medicine
Kaleb Redden, DO, a sports medicine specialist in Idaho, spent three weeks in January taking part in Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s competitive strength show on NBC.
Body, mind, spirit
June 24, 2020From a one-minute workout to a daily gratitude practice, DOs share wellness tips
During Men’s Health Week, six DOs shared six different ways to cultivate better mental and physical health.
medical history
June 23, 2020The DO Book Club, June 2020: The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic
Dr. John Snow’s discovery that bacteria-contaminated water caused cholera saved countless 19th-century Londoners and changed public health forever.
Medical education
May 27, 2020The DO Book Club, May 2020: This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident
Adam Kay, a former resident physician who is now a comedy writer, published a diary describing all the highs and lows of his six years working in NHS labor wards.
In your words
May 6, 2020COVID-19: How to optimize your immune system with prehabilitation
Take a page from the physical medicine and rehabilitation playbook and prepare your mind, body and spirit to withstand this pandemic as best as you can.
The skin we're in
April 28, 2020The DO Book Club, April 2020: The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson walks us through our origins, anatomy, neuroses and much more in a read that’s as engaging as his travel writing.