Wordless Wednesday: Latino Heritage Festival
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Volunteer to explore
Do you like to work with junior high/high school kids? Do you like to educate others about different health career opportunities? Do you like to participate in hands-on activities? Are you looking for an on-going volunteer activity? Then we have
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At your doorstep
PRIM&R’s At Your Doorstep Program: IRB 250 was back in action again this year on August 2. Sixty-three attendees from colleges and companies across Iowa and Nebraska spent the day deepening their understanding and insight of core topics related to
Get a jumpstart
It’s the end of July already and school start dates are right around the corner. Take some time this weekend to cross off one of the things on your long to-do list: school physicals. Des Moines University, the Polk County
Free school physicals, health services for K-12 students at annual health fair
Des Moines University, the Polk County Health Department and other local agencies are partnering to provide free school physicals and a variety of other health services on Saturday, July 27, at East High School, 815 East 13th Street, Des Moines.
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Calling all volunteers: students and providers!
Fall means many things in Iowa: cooler days and nights, the start of a new school year, and the broad beautiful spectrum of colors from the surrounding trees and landscape. But here at Des Moines University it also means many
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How fat are you compared to people around the world?
Over a recent (healthy) lunch, my friend Caitlin, a graduate of DMU’s master of public health program, and I had a lively discussion of possible topics for this blog and for DMU Magazine. Ideas ranged from the positive impact of
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