How to Use osteopathic in a Sentence

osteopathic

adjective
  • The Board of Medicine and osteopathic board were set to vote on Friday for the same change to the standard of care, opting to include an exception for any clinical research.
    Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • In osteopathic medical schools, future D.O.s are taught to take a holistic approach to their patient’s care rather than just treating an ailment.
    Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2020
  • That means there will be two standards in the state, one for medical doctors and another for osteopathic doctors, barring any future changes.
    Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • According to Downriver Things, the hospital was the first osteopathic hospital in the Downriver area and opened in 1944.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The osteopathic training and profession was probably less well-known and less well understood.
    Algernon D'ammassa, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The 63-year-old was also said to have lied during the Nassar investigation, which saw dozens of women, some of whom were as young as 12 during the assaults, come forward to accuse the former Michigan State osteopathic physician of rape.
    Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, 25 Feb. 2021
  • After Nassar left the team, no one disclosed the reason for his departure to Michigan State University, and the school allowed the former doctor to continue to abuse girls and young women as an osteopathic surgeon.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 18 June 2020
  • An osteopathic doctor, Ward sued to block the subpoena and argues that providing her phone records would compromise patients' privacy.
    Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2022
  • In the settlement, $2.5 million will come from the insurer for Andre Lallande, the osteopathic doctor associated with the clinic.
    Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Although the osteopathic board made an exception for children enrolled in clinical trials, no such studies have been started in Florida.
    Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The claim first appeared early in the pandemic and persisted thanks to Sherri Tenpenny, an osteopathic physician and anti-vaccine advocate based in Cleveland.
    Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 28 May 2021
  • Combined, more than 100 allopathic and osteopathic medical schools have an EDP.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • The law also applies to osteopathic physicians, and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California will handle those cases.
    Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Another way to improve chances of being accepted into medical school is to apply to both DO (osteopathic) and MD (allopathic) medical schools.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • Both sides are resistant to learning about each other’s methods and practices, with the exception of some progressive osteopathic and naturopathic practitioners.
    Amanda Reiman, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Mercola, 67, an osteopathic physician in Cape Coral, Fla., has long been a subject of criticism and government regulatory actions for his promotion of unproven or unapproved treatments.
    Sheera Frenkel New York Times, Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
  • The difference between cracking your own neck and having an expert—like a licensed chiropractor, physical therapist, or osteopathic physician—doing an adjustment comes down to what the therapist can deduce beforehand, Schwartz says.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 29 Aug. 2022
  • There are also three spas administering treatments that run the gamut from pampering (hot-stone massages, facials) to osteopathic (chiropractic and biodynamic craniosacral therapy).
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
  • According to his practice’s Facebook page, Moon practiced osteopathic manual techniques and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Eight are connected to health, wellness and nutrition, including osteopathic physicians, alternative-health influencers, and a Tennessee couple who gained a mass following by questioning chemotherapy and other traditional cancer treatments.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Some osteopathic doctors feel validated by these developments.
    Eleanor Cummins, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Her clinical interests are basic dermatological conditions and procedures, hypertension management, osteopathic manipulative treatments, sports physicals and minor sports injury management.
    Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023

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