Wordless Wednesday: DMU discovered
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Anatomy word of the month: gallbladder
Gall is an Anglo-Saxon word for bile. The gallbladder stores bile from the liver. Bile is released into the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine, when triggered by a fatty meal. Bile is from the Latin word for the
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Global Health Outreach award 2011
The Global Health outreach award was established in 2008 to recognize contributions from faculty and students, toward their work for DMU’s global health department. COM graduating class of 2011 has more than 60 students, that’s approximately 27%, who have done
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Anatomy word of the month: salpinx
Salpinx means “trumpet” in Greek , that is, a tube-shaped structure with a flared opening. The term is not used alone, but as a root or central meaning in numerous words referring to the uterine tubes. Examples of these terms
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Would you take this test?
A new blood test that will go on sale to the public in Britain later this year can show how fast someone is ageing, giving insights on how long the person may live. The question is: Would you want to
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Des Moines University student earns American Lung Association volunteer award
(Des Moines, IA) – The American Lung Association in Iowa has presented its 2011 Volunteer Award to Laura Hoffman, an osteopathic medicine student at Des Moines University, in recognition of her commitment to see people live tobacco-free. She is the
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Annual DMU memorial service for body donors free, open to public
(Des Moines, IA) – On Friday, May 20, Des Moines University (DMU) will honor 57 Iowans who donated their bodies in the past year to further medical education. The family of each donor, the DMU community and the public are
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Attack of the body-snatchers
Students in DMU’s clinical programs and master of science in anatomy program are privileged to begin exploring the body and performing dissections on donated bodies in their first semester, but that wasn’t the case in past centuries: The inability of
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