January 21st, 2010
This year’s Mini Medical School at Des Moines University (DMU) will give you an overview of the top five causes of death in the United States. Beginning February 9, the five classes will be held each Tuesday evening, 7-8:30 p.m., in the DMU Student Education Center, 3300 Grand Avenue.
The goal of this year’s course theme – The Big Bad 5 – is to take some mystery out of the top five causes of death in the United States. The Big Bad 5 includes heart disease, strokes, cancer, trauma and infectious disease.
Understanding each of the five will enable participants to be more proactive in maintaining healthy lifestyles.
“We wanted to offer practical information that everyone should known,” explained Craig Canby, Ph.D., anatomy professor and Mini Medical School co-organizer. “Understanding major health concerns can help a person live a more healthful, aware life.”
This is the seventh year Des Moines University has offered Mini Medical School. The course is appropriate for middle-school students through senior citizens. Mini Medical School was launched as a community initiative so the general public could learn about medical and health issues. The curriculum is based on attendee feedback and topics that are timely. Attendance has increased each year and DMU officials expect more than 300 attendees.
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January 19th, 2010
WhiteHouse.gov photo of civil rights discussion on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. DMU's Willie Glanton is directly across the table from President Obama. Official photo by Pete Souza.
One of Des Moines University’s esteemed trustees, Willie Stevenson Glanton, J.D., was recently honored with an invitation to the White House in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
The small group of invited guests viewed the Emancipation Proclamation and joined President and Mrs. Obama for a discussion on past and present civil rights work.
Always passionate about helping others succeed,Willie Glanton founded the Glanton Scholarship at Des Moines University in 2004 to assist minority health and medical students. It is named after Willie and her husband, the late Honorable Luther T. Glanton, Jr. The couple rose to the pinnacle of the legal profession at a time with most black Americans were struggling to gain basic civil rights.
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January 14th, 2010
Iowa Psychiatric Society teams up with Des Moines University,
Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center to offer help
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The current economy is causing a ripple effect of symptoms. Some of those symptoms are emotional or psychological and often take a back seat to seemingly more pressing needs. This can make a bad situation worse.
“Being unemployed causes many challenges people are not prepared for,” explained J. Jeffrey Means, M.Div., Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Des Moines University behavioral medicine department. “It can wear down the psychological and emotional resources of individuals and families in subtle and not so subtle ways.”
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January 11th, 2010
Des Moines University invites you to hear Harriet A. Washington, author of “Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present” on January 27 at noon. Free and open to all, her talk will be held in the Des Moines University (DMU) Olsen Medical Education Center, 3200 Grand Avenue in Des Moines.
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“Des Moines University is bringing Harriet Washington to speak as a part of the observations of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month,” explained Misty Huacuja-LaPointe, DMU diversity coordinator. ” We want to remember the legacy of Dr. King’s fight for civil rights and to understand that we must know the history – good and bad – of the medical profession in order to better serve a diverse patient population.”
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January 7th, 2010
What’s better than a costumed-team playing dodgeball on a chilly Saturday? Raising money for Variety–The Children’s Charity while dodging, dipping, ducking and diving at Des Moines University (DMU).
DMU student club, American Association of Podiatric Sports Medicine (AAPSM), is hosting the first annual Dodgeball Derby at DMU on January 23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the DMU Wellness Center, 3200 Grand Ave. Themed and costumed teams encouraged.
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