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
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
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
Got a DMU fan on your holiday gift list? Then Matthews DMU Bookstore is the place to go!  1. Mouse pad, $7.252.  Ceramic shot glass, $7.953. Frame/pen/keychain gift set, $29.954. Neon tee, $13.955. Pewter ornament, $9.95 6. Koozie, $6.957. Speckled mug, $11.958.
On Saturday, December 7, Des Moines University hosted it’s annual President’s Society Holiday Reception at the Embassy Club in the Ruan Center located in downtown Des Moines. The reception honors the distinguished members of the Founders and President’s Societies. Members
2013 President’s Society Holiday Reception Read More
On November 22, Petersen assumed command of Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 in Lima, Peru, after two years as the executive officer. Petersen’s new executive officer is Adam W. Armstrong, D.O.’96, showing how small Navy medicine is. For the next
Capt. Kyle Petersen, D.O.’94, and Adam W. Armstrong, D.O.’96 Read More
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Wordless Wednesday: foggy December morning Read More
Registration for Health P.A.S.S. 2014 is now open! Karina Allen de Oliveira expected DMU to be in a cornfield. Brittany Thompson’s parents worried about Midwest tornadoes. Dionta Posey had never stepped foot in a medical school. These and nine other undergraduates
Opening minds, opening doors in the health professions Read More