What is Stay Salty? As this blog starts to churn out more content, an explanation for the name is in order. Before a direct definition, some background to this blog needs to be established.
Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images. When writing eye exam results on a chart or for a prescription, an eye doctor uses the abbreviations for the Latin terms meaning right and left eye. O.D. stands for oculus dexter, or right eye; it means pertaining to the right eye. O.S. means oculus sinister, or left eye.
Doctor of osteopathic medicine. A doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) is a physician licensed to practice medicine, perform surgery, and prescribe medication. Like all allopathic physicians (or MDs), osteopathic physicians complete 4 years of medical school and can choose to practice in any specialty of medicine. However, osteopathic physicians receive an additional 300 to 500 hours in the study of hands-on manual medicine and the body's musculoskeletal system.