A learning disability is not a single disorder. It is a term that refers to a group of disorders. A learning disability is a neurological disorder that affects the brainâs ability to receive, process, store, and respond to information. The term âlearning disabilityâ is used to describe the seeming unexplained and unexpected difficulty a person has in acquiring basic academic skills.
What is osteopathic medicine? Osteopathic medicine emphasizes overall health and the relation among the body's nerves, muscles, bones, and organs. Osteopathic physicians (also called doctors of osteopathic medicine, or DOs) base diagnosis and treatment on the idea that the body's systems are interconnected.
Osteopathic medicine is a branch of the medical profession in the United States. Osteopathic physicians (D.O.s) are licensed to practice medicine and surgery in all 50 states and are recognized in sixty five other countries, including all Canadian provinces.n the 21st century, the training of osteopathic medical physicians in the United States is very similar to the training of Doctors of Medicine (M.D.s). Osteopathic medical physicians attend four years of medical school followed by an internship and a minimum two years of residency.