Joggler juggles more than medical school
That isn’t a typo, it’s an official international sport: Joggling combines juggling and running, and DMU student Tyler Wishau is a world champion at it.
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What should we eat?
Even as we know we should eat “right” and exercise, we’re bombarded with a veritable buffet of unhealthy food options, confusing dietary information and aggressive food marketing campaigns. What’s a body to chew?
Hit the ground running
Spring officially started last week even though we’ve been feeling it for a while now with this unseasonable weather! With it has come another slew of walks and runs to take part in this season. Here are just a few
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Branstad, Franklin to discuss public health strategies
This year the theme for National Public Health Week, April 2-8, is A healthier America begins today: join the movement! The focus is on prevention and wellness as ways to combat chronic diseases that many Americans suffer from every day.
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Heading home
Today we got all packed up and headed out to Valle for the morning. This adorable little town allowed us to buy some souvenirs and have some local snacks. Around noon we headed back to the airport in Tegucigalpa. After
Last day of brigading
Today we head out to our last day of brigading. I want to take a minute to first thank our health care professionals and doctors. Without them this trip would not have been possible. Below is the amazing group that
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Brigade day #4
Today we moved to the next community of Naranjal. The bus ride in the morning was a little bit shorter and we arrived at the new community bright and early to get started. The set up worked the same way
Back to Cofridia Metro
We returned to the same community today and once again there was a line of patients waiting for our arrival. After 251 patients seen in less than eight hours on Tuesday, we worked another seven hours today to get through
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Straight A’s
We did it again! Des Moines University earned another “A” on the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) PharmFree Scorecard this year. The AMSA PharmFree Scorecard, now in its fifth year, offers a comprehensive national overview as well as an in-depth,