Tomorrow evening kicks off the spring session of DMU’s Global Health Learning Collaborative (GHLC), a student-run, student-taught series of interactive discussions about topics affecting the health of people around the world. In its third year, GHLC offers members of the […]
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The following facts should cause us all to be shocked into action: Sex trafficking is estimated to be more than a $35 billion industry. Every two minutes a child is exploited in the sex industry. Approximately 21 million people are
Slavery: it’s probably in your town, too Read More
I’ve found the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation to be a useful source of information on all kinds of health care topics, including its website’s new section profiling each of the 50 states on this question: “How will the uninsured
The state of health care reform, by state Read More
It’s the kind of weather only a global-warming-naysayer could love: A polar vortex has a painfully tight grip on much of the United States, sending temperatures and wind chills to record lows, causing many schools to close and inspiring serious
At least you’re burning brown fat Read More
The DO Magazine, a publication of the American Osteopathic Association, features a series titled “The Hero Next Door” on osteopathic physicians “who are quietly transforming health care in their communities and beyond.” The series’ latest “hero,” DMU Associate Professor Gary
DMU professor is a D.O. “hero next door” Read More
A recent edition of The Washington Post’s “Lean and Fit” e-newsletter affirmed what all of us already should know: Exercise is critical to good health especially as we age, and most of us can and should exercise every day no
Keep your pins moving Read More
Stories like those of DMU graduate Heather Fowler, D.O.’94, give me pause, perspective and reasons to be thankful for my many blessings. As a teenager, Dr. Fowler read a book by Viggo Olsen, M.D., titled Daktar: Diplomat in Bangladesh, which
Doc’s courage makes one count blessings Read More
As vice president of the DMU Student Government Association (SGA) during her second year in the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences (UOMHS), now DMU, Katie Nelson Martin, D.O.’00, set as one of her goals to bring to the University a program
Treasured DMU Traditions Read More
Emily Cardella, PA’14, typically rides her bicycle to class from her Windsor Heights home and often pedals recreationally. When she learned from friends about Central Iowa Bike Month and the Bike Commute Challenge held every May, she nominated DMU for the
A worthy award for a wellness-centered university Read More