5 Jul
If you drive by & notice our campus looks quiet today, that’s because we’re closed for an extended holiday weekend. WOOHOO!!!
Offices are closed. The Clinic is closed. (If you have an emergency, visit your local ER) Even the Wellness Center is closed.
Cya tomorrow! Enjoy this glorious summer day.
18 Jan
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Des Moines University campus and clinic is closed today.
Did you know Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, the observation became law in ’83, was first observed in ’86 and officially observed in all 50 states in 2000. (I learned that from Wikipedia.)
One of DMU’s graduates, and recipient of our Pioneer in Osteopathic Medicine award, Dr. William Anderson, actually worked alongside the man we honor today. Read more about some of Dr. Anderson’s work.
7 Jan
by Tea Nguyen
Believe it or not, just 5 minutes of walking in this freezing weather can be exceptionally dangerous for your feet if they are not well protected.
Did you know that people who have itchy, burning, painful feet may actually not have oft-heard-of athlete’s foot but actually something called chilblains? After being in the cold for no longer than 5 minutes at a time, even just walking to the car and to school, you may experience early symptoms of potential frostbite.
14 Oct
If you’re looking for a new career (as many Americans are these days), you might want to consider physical therapy. BusinessWeek ran a special report online about the soaring demand for physical therapists.
We’ve heard for years that the baby-boomer generation is getting older and living longer, and we’ll need more healthcare providers to keep up with the expanding elderly population in the U.S. This is especially true for physical therapists. Not only do we have a lot more people living longer, but they also want to live more active lives. Physical therapists are trained to help people achieve these new goals.
The P.T. profession expects growth of more than 27% between 2006 and 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Given the current employment situation in this country, that’s just amazing! And, the salaries are there to back it up. The American Physical Therapy Association estimates average the average P.T. salary to be around $74,000.
16 Aug
I know you’re thinking about it… dreaming of corndogs and ice cold lemonade last night, weren’t you?
It’s understandable, really! You know you wanna do it… So jump in the car & head to the state fair!
YES, right now.
Do it! You won’t regret it!
Today is DMU Day at the Iowa State Fair and you won’t want to miss it. Look for the big white tent on the south side of the Grand Concourse. We are east of the Varied Industries Building, SW of Jalepeno Pete’s. We’ll have cute mocha brown tee shirts on that say DMU! and we’ll be smiling and ready to give you a cool temporary tattoo.
6 Aug
Get this temporary tattoo Aug. 16 at DMU Day at the Iowa State Fair!
The Iowa State Fair begins soon (Aug. 13-23!) and DMU Day is August 16. I know I blogged a bit about it awhile back but plans have changed a smidge… So just to update you, we will not be in the Farm Bureau tent the 15th & 16th. We will, however, have students and faculty doing COPD screenings in the Farm Bureau tent on the 19th and 20th with the American Lung Association. We will still be partying in the big white tent on the concourse on Sunday the 16th so stop by for lots of awesome freebies, a temp. tattoo that looks like stitches and a free OMM treatment! You can get info on our nine graduate programs, our DMU Clinic and many of our free community events!
Des Moines University has nine different health-related grad programs. Founded in 1898 it is the second oldest osteopathic school and is the largest med. school in Iowa. DMU also offers podiatric medicine, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, anatomy, biomedical sciences, health care administration and public health programs.
With a 22-acre campus in Des Moines plus programs that can be taken online, the whole world is our neighborhood. Won't you be our neighbor?
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