Des Moines University walkers enjoyed perfect autumn weather for this year’s “Walk at the Whistle,” a 1K coordinated state-wide by the Healthiest State Initiative. The goal of the walk is to inspire Iowans to improve their health and happiness and make Iowa […]
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Des Moines University students and employees enjoy the benefit of riding DART for free throughout the year by simply showing their ID badge. During “Try Transit Week” Oct. 4-10, 2015, friends and family can go gratis, too. DART Local, Express, Flex
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Listen to someone’s story. Help a stressed parent. Welcome a new neighbor. Science shows that these kinds of caring connections matter far more than we tend to believe. Ongoing stress from tough times can lead to poor health and other
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Stroke survivors likely never describe their recovery process as fun and games. Therapy can be grueling and gains incremental. Yet the laughter among Des Moines University Stroke Camp participants as they bat a green balloon during a modified game of volleyball make
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The University’s annual DMU Day at the Fair is the rare opportunity for the public to experience osteopathic manual medicine (OMM) within a horseshoe’s throw of corn dogs, country singers and miniature ponies. On the first Sunday of the Iowa State Fair, Des
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Mobilizing community leaders, businesses, organizations, public officials and other citizens is key to promoting healthy lives, improving education and helping people achieve financial stability. That’s the “collective impact model” embraced by the United Way of Central Iowa and its three Community Impact
President Franklin to lead United Way of Central Iowa Health Cabinet Read More
DMU helped organize an event that gave central Iowa kids, many from uninsured and under-insured families, a healthy start to the school year and offered DMU students invaluable opportunities to apply their clinical skills and cultural competency training. The University
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Strength, endurance, flexibility, power — DMU doctor of physical therapy students took over the Moulton Elementary School gymnasium on one of the hottest days of summer to translate these concepts into kid-friendly activities for a service-learning component of a clinical
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Laura Delaney, M.P.A.S., PA-C, assistant professor in the Physician Assistant program, was selected as one of four faculty members from across the state to serve as Iowa Campus Compact 2015-2016 Engaged Scholar Faculty Fellows. Faculty Fellows are from Iowa Campus Compact
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This summer, the Simpson College branch of Tech Trek, an experiential summer camp backed by research and designed to make science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) exciting and accessible to girls in middle school, asked DMU to host a morning of STEM-focused activities.
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