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February 2026 | Vol. 70, No.1
Even in 1962, membership was a key discussion at the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association, as POMA was known then. This ad congratulates the recent graduates of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and invites them to join the POA. Now in 2026, we are still focusing on membership in an era where many organizations are suffering the same fate.
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October 2025 | Vol. 69, No.3
While the treatments may have changed (a quick Google search indicates that the words “omaloids” and “garcels” must have been misspelled and instead pulls up websites dedicated to Scrabble Word Finders and Haitian-American actresses), obesity and its treatment were hot topics in 1960 and, of course, remain so to this day. The obesity rate in 1960 was approximately 13%; that number more than tripled to 40% by August 2023. Fortunately, advances in technology have allowed for the expansion of the treatment of obesity..
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June 2025 | Vol. 69, No.2
Substitute “measles” for “smallpox” in this article from a 1959 issue of JPOMA, and it could have been written today. Vaccination rates for measles are at an all-time low, leading to several outbreaks across the United States, and the current outbreak in Mexico has been attributed to the spread from the West Texas outbreak. Anti-vax groups continue to have a stronghold on a significant part of the population, leading to the recurrence of a disease that was declared eradicated from the United States in 2000.
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