Vol. 13 No. 2 (2021): March/April 2021

...

...

Objectives: To determine Lean management's ability to improve the efficiency of residents and increase osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in a family medicine residency clinic.  Methods: A Key Performance Indicator Board (KPI), a process of Lean management, was created in a re...

Cannabidiol, commonly abbreviated CBD, is one of the hundreds of compounds present in the flowering cannabis plant, along with its more well-known structural isomer, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. CBD can be extracted from the plant and utilized in many forms, from topical oils to smoka...

Mindfulness is a focused approach toward accepting one’s thoughts without judgment or perseveration, with ancient Indo-Sino-Tibetan philosophical origins. Many variations exist; however, they typically include focused attention where one concentrates on a specific sensation such as breat...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) comprises a continuum of conditions associated with insulin resistance and obesity in the absence of secondary causes of hepatic steatosis (alcohol, medication, genetic disorders, hepatitis, etc.) The milder, benign form of NAFLD is simple fatty l...

The world as we knew it changed at the beginning of 2020 with the explosion of the global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, a.k.a. COVID-19. As of January 10, 2021, the novel coronavirus has infected over 89 million people worldwide and killed over 1.9 million. In the U.S., there have been ...

...

...

...

...

...