Des Moines University has long attracted service-oriented student leaders highly competent in managing both academic demands and extracurricular/volunteer activities. For example, DMU osteopathic medical student Tara Hughes Blalock is past president of her DMU class and of the College of […]
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Last week a strange concoction of Google co-founder Sergei Brin’s $330,000, cow muscle stem cells and some hardworking team of scientists from Maastricht University resulted in the world’s first in vitro burger, served up to an eager audience of taste-testers.
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The benefits of breastfeeding to babies and mothers are well-established by medical experts. Organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, for example, strongly recommend breastfeeding. According to WebMD, breast milk gives babies
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Have you read author and women’s rights advocate Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story, “The Yellow Wall-Paper”? If not, I encourage you to do so, and then check out the DMU Library’s latest exhibit, “The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Murray Goldstein, D.O.’50, M.P.H., was the first osteopathic physician appointed a commissioned medical officer in the uniformed services, the first D.O. to achieve star rank and the first to receive a presidential commendation, among other “firsts.” He’s still opening doors for others with his support of DMU.
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Tom Mueller, Ph.D., dons a special article of clothing at three points during each osteopathic medicine class’s tenure at DMU: orientation, the Rite of Passage and Commencement. It isn’t a super hero’s cape, but it has a similar effect.
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Arizona practitioners Barbara J. Aung, D.P.M.’90, a board-certified wound care specialist in Tucson, AZ, and John J. Anderson, D.P.M.’99, FACFAS, with Alamogordo/Ruidoso Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, are making waves in their practices and in professional leadership.
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The Iowa chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) represents the rights and interests of osteopathic family physicians and works to promote excellence in their practice and education. Leading that effort are several DMU graduates, elected to officer positions at the chapter’s recent annual conference and scientific seminar.
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Tom Wicks, D.P.M.’94, became a volunteer firefighter after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He witnessed another type of terror when he went to Moore, OK, the evening after an EF5 tornado and its 200-plus mile-per-hour winds devastated the community.
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Robert Roth, D.O.76, FACEP, became active in the American College of Emergency Physicians and its Tennessee chapter shortly after graduating from the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, now DMU. For his leadership and service since, he’ll receive the organization’s Meritorious Service Award.
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